...by bike...

Yes that's right, I'm going by bike. Not going to Holland by bike, no I doubt that to be possible. Not going to Ontario by bike, that would take weeks I think. But yes, I have biked to work today. And hope to do so more often. It is a wonderfully long bike ride and I have found a place where I can 'carpool'. That is park my car, get on my bike and join the other two that are taking this great tour through Lacombe in order to get to work. 

I enjoyed it; I must say it feels great to bike. Get those legs moving, feel the wind from whatever direction it comes, be energized (I know, weird, a 45 minute bike right (this morning) did leave me energized even though I was tired from biking. Huh? Well, you can probably figure that one out) and know that it is a great workout as well. What we all do  for a bike ride... (hmm)
For years I biked, all over, all the time, through all weather conditions. I used to live in Holland, biked to school, biked to friends houses, biked to church sometimes, biked to go shopping, to visit people near and far, and even took leisurely bike rides with a large group of people on days like Easter Monday and Ascension day. As long as I can remember I biked. I recall the day that I received a new bike as birthday present, it was turquoise and lime green, and my first bike without training wheels. I remember learning how to bike on it, and how to break so that I wouldn't fly into everyone. 
Then we moved to Canada.. An end to the good ol' bike riding traditions. When we moved to our acreage (half year after we moved to Canada), and could actually store our bikes without them being in boxes etc. we realized that my Dutch city bike and the rest of our bikes were not going to work very well on the gravel roads out by where we live. So when we went for a holiday to the Netherlands a year later my bike was taken apart, that is the wheels taken off, and wrapped up in a box again. Now my sister in law, in the Netherlands still bikes around on 'my bike'

 

Anyways, we got new 'mountain' bikes, (I doubt I'll ever bike in the mountains!) and I used it quite regularly when I didn't have my license yet and did have a summer job... Then I did my driving test, passed it, and never looked at my bike once. For a couple of years I'd always thought, I should bike to school, to work, everywhere during the summer months. You know, park my car on the driveway and not touch it until September. It has never worked, and I dont think it will here in Alberta, Canada (would I really want it to, hmm???) at least not where I live know.
So what we'll do for now, is go, by bike, to work. And see how long it lasts. At least we can try right?! (and maybe do semi-okay when I actually will have to bike when in the Netherlands this summer...)