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My family did another Sunday Parkways.  Holy Crap!  I love it so much.  I love living in freaking Portland Oregon!

Sunday Parkways is where the city shuts down a 7 or so mile loop of neighborhoods to cars so that bikes, walkers, skaters, and runners can take over the street.  It is like the street becomes one long stretch of park where you can ride and play without worrying about being run over.  Brilliant.

The first Sunday Parkways was last year in early summer and the route went right by our house.  We did that loop through North Portland with me fairly pregnant and Francis rattling along on her bike with training wheels.  15,000 people joined us.

This year the city of Portland planned three Sunday Parkways.  Brad and I skated the North/North East route and Francis rode her “two-wheeler” without training wheels.  It was her first major biking outing.  I can’t describe how proud I was of her biking, and I am so pleased to be able to share something I love with my daughter.  I am not a major biker in terms of doing miles and miles of riding, but I truly love the freedom of being on a bike.  Being on a bike feels pure and joyous.  It is like dancing.  It makes me feel like a kid.  In my mind, I am screaming, “Woooooo hoooooo!” the whole time I am riding somewhere.

After a few years of sharing our biking/skating pictures, I have come to see that they are mostly the same.  There is one of a kid sleeping in a baby jogger.  There is one of Zephyr sucking his thumb and looking tired.  This time we add this:

Our girl looks pretty confident on her "Jet".

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