Wacky Wednesday #16: Bikes, take 2

I know "Wacky Wednesday #8" was already all about the crazy bikes we've seen since moving here.  Now we actually own one of the crazy bikes and words can barely describe how much I LOVE this thing.  It helps that both the kids absolutely love it as well.  Now that it is FINALLY warm-er (well aside from snowing most of the day on Mother's Day), we've been out on the bike A LOT.  Gavin just expects that if we are going somewhere it is going to be in the bike.  He pitches quite the fit when he needs to get in the car instead - and he'll be pointing at the bike the whole time.  It is pretty stinkin' cute.... well, aside from the pitching a fit part.

I digress.  The wacky part.  If you follow the blog, you might remember "Wacky Wednesday #12" was all about cars stopping for pedestrians - anywhere.  Well, cars also stop for bikers!  Not just if you are in a crosswalk and acting as a pedestrian, but when you are riding in the road with traffic.  It is wild.  One of the first times I was biking with the kids, I was stopped at a stop sign waiting for a break in traffic so I could cross.... no big deal.  I was very confused when the cars stopped and waved me to go.  What?  These cars did not have a stop sign, yield sign or anything else and I was not waiting in a crosswalk.  I've always thought bikers are supposed to be treated like vehicles.  It was wacky. 

I continue to ride the same route on a regular basis going to and from preschool and cars regularly stop and wave for me to cross.  It always makes me a bit nervous - first off that the car behind the randomly stopped car is going to rear-end them and secondly I feel like I really need to boogie and get across the street..... all while hauling 60 plus pounds of small children on my super sweet bike. 

It is wacky.  Speaking of more wacky things, we saw a group of 'young adults' sitting behind some bushes with a hookah on the bike ride home yesterday.  I laughed.  Then Elijah had roughly 1 million questions about what was going on and what was funny.  Thankfully we see a lot of funny things on our bike rides so it is easy to distract him with something new.

Happy Wednesday!  :)