This is my 1958 Schwinn Spitfire. I rode it around the neighborhood when I was 10. Now I like to ride it on a 20-mile stretch of the Jordan River Parkway trail. My youngest son is a prosecutor in West Jordan and he tells me I shouldn't do this alone anymore. There is a lot of crime in this area and a few bodies have been found along the river. I wish he hadn't told me this. Ignorance was bliss.
Listen to your son. How did you keep that bike going so long?
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I do remember about your asking about old clothes and pictures. Yes, I do have some. I kept most of my really nice dresses, but suits I gave to my daughter-in-law. Most are packed away someplace and I'm not sure which ones I can still wear.
ReplyDeleteChristella - I can thank my mother for hanging on to the bike. She bought a base that converted it into an exer-cycle, but she only used it for a brief period. The rest of the years, it just sat collecting dust in her basement. A few years ago, I asked if I could have it and all I had to do was buy new tires and it was ready to go. As for the safety issue on this trail - it makes me sad, but unfortunately, I do a lot of activities alone. Not many of my friends like to exercise as vigorously as I do, or for as long. My kids worry a little about how I take off alone on snowshoes up behind my cabin, but that's just the nature of my life at this stage - I'm singularly unaccompanied (for the most part).
ReplyDeleteThe world is not the same one we grew up in. As a kid I would cycle for miles alone and nothing was thought of it. I don't have my old bike though but I can tell you it was a Raleigh. That was the make when I was young in fact I didn't know anyone else made bike bar them.
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