Yesterday was National Take Your Kid to Work Day, and I took one. By bike, natch! We rode 2.6 miles there and 4 miles home. She was a trooper, and I’m very proud of her. I was on my Xtracycle, natch, and she was on her Specialized Hotrock, which is a totally awesome bike. Reminds me of my very first mountain bike, a Specialized Rockhopper. Which I LOVED. Which was STOLEN by very bad evil people. GRRRRR.
I chose a new route for this very special commute: 30th to Ankeny to 12th. It was quite lovely, and only required us to go one block on 12th to get to the office. I might start using it on a regular basis. We still had to cross busy streets without lights, but no one hurled any abuse at us.
The kid did a great job of following orders and stopping and starting when appropriate; I think she’ll turn out to be a fine upstanding Portland bike rider. Now if only I could train all the Portland car drivers…