A weekend ride with David

I took a ride tonight through Riverfront Park all the way out as far as Frandor. I used to do this all the time when Jarek was young enough to fit on a kiddy seat on my bicycle. Of course, we made those trips at three in the afternoon, rather than three in the morning. I enjoy riding through the park in the morning hours because often it feels as if I have the entire park to myself. Years ago, I would take Jarek out to Kircher Park in East Lansing to watch the ball games. Taking a cruise through on a sunny afternoon is very pleasant, and I believe to reach East Lansing is at least a five mile ride. What a great idea, the day some genius thought of building a park along the banks of the river as it runs through Lansing. On the way home tonight I spotted four deer in Potter Park; what looked to be a buck, a doe, and a couple of fawns. The minute I tried to move up along side them they used the Grand River as an escape route, and made a big splash when they hit. Very pleasant spending some early morning hours where the loudest noise you encounter is wild animals leaping into a river.