Allen’s Creek Ride Pictures
The paper said the water level was still up, so we decided to head down 446 to the causeway to see the lake, and yep, the water was still high. I took some pictures, one of which is almost the same as the one that appeared in the HT. There might have [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
Allen’s Creek Ride
Bike Ped Meeting-April 21
At the Bloomington Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Commission meeting today, we looked at plans for a new apartment building at 10th and Morton Streets. It is big enough that the builders are required to have covered bike parking. This means that residents will be able to park their bikes in the building with dedicated rooms [...]
About bikers and safety
As some of you may know, I have been chair of the Bloomington Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Commission for a number of years. We look at building plans and recommend bike/ped amenities for new projects, we review traffic calming applications from neighborhoods, make suggestions as how to improve the bike/ped infrastructure. At the top of [...]
Just another Spring flood ride
No photos, I couldn’t find the the camera this morning, and Jojo was out of town. It was cool, in the 30’s and raining lightly. I rode over to Bloomingfoods east and found that though I was damp, I wasn’t wet, so I kept going east on SR 46, it is quite empty on Sunday. [...]
Flooded Roads quite a Rush (Ridge Rd.)
Picture Album
Weather: Cool with both sun and clouds
Jojo and I headed out our normal route to the lake, which includes riding to Jackson Creek School on the city bike route and then up Rhorer to Harrell Road, and then down the no brakes hill on Stipp Rd., which leads right to the gravel boat ramp [...]
Where the water meets the road
Here’s a link to my IU blog post for “Active for Life” April 2008, “Where the water meets the road”.
My IU blog posts are archived here: Mitch’s Blogs for IU
Quick wet ride
I got to Jojo’s house late on Sunday as I had been at the MHC planning retreat all morning through lunch. It was drizzling still after hard rain all morning. I put on my kneepads and nylon pants, and we got on our bikes, and it started raining hard. So we waited it out, and [...]