Riding a bike in Tucson...

Notice my skillful securing of my bike, with two U-locks, one each connecting a tire to the frame and fence. It's a complicated skill to acquire ;-) Biking in Tucson is... weird. You're something between a pedestrian and a car. So many people bike that there are separate bike lanes on the roads... and sometimes they're not just on the side of the road. Today, for example, I was riding along, and all of a sudden, the bike lane was between two car lanes on a really busy road! And then the next block, it disappeared and I had to figure out a way to make it onto the sidewalk really quickly, dodging the cactus that was protruding out onto the sidewalk from someone's yard, of course.

I really like the fact that I can bike to work and church and wherever else I want to go. It makes me feel both athletic and environmentally friendly, haha. All joking aside, I do enjoy the 20 minute ride to the University to think and get my vitamin D from the sun. :-)