Bike/Walk to School Day. The bike enclosure usually houses a dozen bikes, today we have seen ten times as many. A tandem was found in a friend's garage, bikes of all sizes and colors, and plenty of helmets too. 92 bikes in our large rack on the front lawn, plus 42 on those fabulous skateboards, longboards, scooters, not counting Mr Johnstone's bike, nor Susanne Webb's bike or any of the other cycling teachers (how many?)
Our walkers, putting the trusted feet to work, they came from all directions, with books to return, with musical instruments, 190 of them, happily saving gas and the environment. They came on their skateboards and on the scooter, and the Security officer confirmed, "a marked reduction in the usual car traffic, I can confirm this indeed".
We counted 190 walkers, another 32 taking the bus, that is a third of the school not driving, wow, this is a real big deal. Kids, you are making us proud, and you make the gasoline companies poor, you make your parents rich, and the environment happy. Yeahhhh! And what went wrong? Well, some parents think that driving your child in the car is the best way to show your love and affection to your offspring. Chauffeur = Good Parent. Some children may think so too, but none of those interviewed confirmed this car-love-complex. However, Harrison wanted some streets closed, and thought Walk/Bike to school could run for a whole week. One week of walking and cycling: Now we are talking - Lets calculate the gas savings right away. And next time, lets get text book return out of the way, or re-design the textbooks so that they can be carried on the bike.
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