I Want To Ride My Bicycle – Thoughts On Morning Jaunt
By Mitch Berg
End of week two of bike commuting and, when time and energy permits, riding a bit more just for fun.
And I’ve just recovered a memory from about 20 years ago.
One of my favorite things in the whooooooole world, I’ve re-realized, is passing the Saint Paul Cathedral, and continuing down the long hill onto John Ireland Boulevard – the broad, monument-dotted avenue that connects the Cathedral and the Capitol – and just unwinding, sailing as fast as I can past the Cathedral, the First Minnesota Memorial, St. Paul College and the Historical Society, and crossing Kellogg and over the freeway…
…and then hotfooting a hard right onto the frontage road below the Capitol and in front of the Veterans Building, blasting over the overpass past Saint Joseph’s Hospital onto Saint Peter Street, a one-way with almost too little traffic to worry about (although I worry about it, have no fear).
It can get better than this, but it’s not easy.
