Well, it has been quite a while since I wrote a post. The
biking adventures were amazing, not always rainbows and lollypops, but still
amazing. Coming to the end of such epic adventures I decided today, being a
rainy sleepy day, would be the perfect time to reflect on where I am and how
far I how far I have “cycled”.
So, currently in Ottawa, my life is about to change
drastically from the roller coaster adventure kind to a stagnant deep roots
development kind. Right now is the anxiety riding time as my life as a sapling
begins to create roots, often hitting rocks instead of dirt, but that dirt is
there, it just takes some time to find it. So, I am struggling right now to
find the dirt. I am here, in Ottawa, because a friend and I are about to start
an adventure of its own, we are opening our own café/learning center. It is
called Branch Out. Currently in the “give us money…please!” stage, everything
is fairly abstract which makes it sometimes hard to remain rooted and focused.
But lets get back to the point…bikes.
In Ottawa biking is still my go to transpo even on rainy
days such as this. Its amazing to be part of the city as you cruise through the
urban-scape, finding your self in a natural paradise, then the next amongst the
hustle and bustle of Bank Street. There are lots of other bikers here too, so
its great to have some biker solidarity.
Before now I have spent the last year essentially in a love
affair with bikes. I toured with The Otesha Project in British Columbia, then
bike down to Portland and Eugene, Oregon. Then I came to Ottawa to work for
Otesha (more bikes…), and biked through an Ottawa winter…AWESOME! Then I biked
with Otesha AGAIN in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and took off on my own
through PEI. Then I did a few short trips back in Waterloo Region, but my long
distance biking has been put for rest a little bit. Bessy (my beautiful bike)
was hurting me…my back got really bad and I started to develop some painful
knees, so I have decided to respect where my body is at and let it recuperate.
Bessy was not fit for my body either, so I am going to take some time to find a
new bike that fits me like a glove.
So that’s me. I write such a long reflection, because, I
think, this blog is about to come to an end. I will be starting a new blog for
the café and perhaps a separate one for myself which no doubt will include
biking related info, but it wont be ONLY about biking. So, I say goodbye, and
if you want to be notified when the new blogs start let me know and I will get
you connected!
Thanks again for reading, sticking with me through my rants
and struggles!
Bike spokes and Fine Folks,
Tricia
