Bike Life During A Pandemic – 6
So it’s been another couple of weeks since my last pandemic post and it’s Just been more of the same. Keeping close to home, mostly riding for picnics and beverages. Had it not been for the pandemic, this spring we probably would have rode a bike overnight or 2 and traveled for rides. Memorial weekend we would have been attending the Pedaler’s Jamboree. As for our riding locally since the pandemic we’ve just traded riding for dining and drinks inside to doing it outside and mostly with home brought food and beverage.
Currently it’s pretty much back to business as usual here where we live. Everything is able to open back up. A few days ago our governour turned over the authority of virus restrictions to local governments and our local government decided against enforcing any restrictions and instead trusting citizens and businesses to voluntarily continue to follow the state’s restrictions that we were initially under. That won’t happen. Nova and I will still continue to lay low or a while.
Both of us out for a spin. 
I built up the Fuji folder. 
Picnic lunch followed by Kombuchas. 
We went for a C-store sandwich picnic lunch in neighboring town. 
Kombucha and fig cookie. 
Picnic lunch. 
Coffee outside. 
Solo picnic lunch. 
Another solo picnic lunch. 
Rode into the city for picnic lunch. 
Out for another picnic lunch. 
Solo afternoon ride just for fun. 
Another lunch. Sushi and hummus form the grocery store eaten in the shadow of an abandoned Burger King.
Looks like some great local areas to ride in your neck of the woods. We have to travel to get away from the crowds. The trails in Des Moines are PACKED!! Stay safe!!
We live in a town that butts right up to Wichita so it’s mostly like a suburb. From our house though we can ride just over a mile of pavement and then we’re on gravel roads. We’ve been trying to avoid the multi-use paths in our town and the big city.
Most are continuing wearing masks and keeping our distance from each other. Massachusetts was hit hard by the influx of travelers from Europe at the start of all this. The state is very cautious with the openings. It’s still a long way off.
Sue and I are looking at summer of 2021 before we get anywhere near normal again.