On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, John Rodgers wrote:

> Here where I live there is a nice commuity park within 1/2 mile of where
> I live. The parke has an excellent walking trail. Not big, but big
> enough, trail is 0.6 miles long through the woods, down a hill, through
> some nice hardwoods, along a stream, then up into the kiddy area with
> the kiddy toys, then back to the start. If one walks around the parking
> lot, one adds 0.1 mile. Five laps yields 2.8 miles, Do two more laps on
> the parking lot and you have 3 miles.  I do this almost every day. Three
> miles. It makes me feel good, keeps my circulation up, lowers my blood
> pressure. It is a safe walk, no vehicular traffic. But guess what? I
> have to drive the half mile to get there.

Boy, does that sound familiar.  There are some lovely bike trails in my
area, within a few miles of my apartment.  How do I get to them?  Well, I
throw my bike on the roof rack and *drive* to one of the trails.  Absurd,
but it's the only safe way to do it.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon