Bring on Spring!

Another dreary day, islands of dirty snow in open lots and along driveways. One disgusted looking robin surveying the scene from a pile in my front yard may have gone back where he came from. Winter just won't shove off!

No matter, get your bike out anyway. Grand to feel the wind in your hair even if it's a bit chilly. After -30 in January, we're all tough!

As a mode of travel, the bicycle stands head and shoulders above all others: Walking is too slow; running too jarring, cars and trucks too fast, noisy, and polluting, air travel is nasty on all fronts and getting worse by the day.

But biking—now there's the way to go. You sit up above the fray so you can see everything and arrive at your destination quickly. It's not only fine exercise but unlike walking and running, far easier on the joints. You can check out the river as you hurtle down the town hill, hear and see the birds—when they finally land.

So spit in winter's eye—get the bike out, and keep a critical eye out for sand until the city gets the streets swept.