National Bicycle to Work Day

National Bicycle to Work Week has been Monday, May 16th through Friday, May 20th.  To celebrate the final day of the week-long holiday, today is National Bicycle to Work Day.  For the previous three and a half years, I worked at a cigar shop downtown in which I could very easily ride my bicycle to work, and I did on many occasions.  Now, unfortunately, I am a store merchandiser required to have quick mobility from one location to another, sometimes across town.  As a result, it isn't feasible for me to ride my bicycle to work because I never know where the next store project will take me.  However, I do have many fond memories of riding my bicycle to work, especially those times early on in living in Fort Worth the bicycle was my only mode of transportation.  I often would time myself to see how quickly I could reach point B from point A.  For example, I bicycled from the house on Jennings Avenue to the Buffalo Wild Wings on Hulen Street in roughly thirty-three to thirty-five minutes.  This was a huge improvement from the fifty minutes to an hour it initially took me.  Then I became proficient in reaching downtown in almost record time.  Travelling to the cigar shop from the house would take almost right at ten minutes.  Fast-forwarding a few years I would be hard-pressed to maintain such times and speeds of travel; however, the memories are fond and cherished.  So be sure to create a few memories by travelling to work on your bicycle today.  Alternate times of enjoying God's creation on your trip with attempts to set a new destination record.  The thrill and challenge is exciting.  Happy bicycling!


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