Bike Ride

Yeah today Jonny rode his bike to work to Hollywood. It is only 2 miles. He was out of breath when he got there. Right now he is running a query in Access and it is taking forever. There he just modified it and now it might be quicker. Nope that seemed to break it. Now he is putting it back and hopefully it still runs only just as slow as before. Over the weekend Jonny walked the dogs several times. He has a new 1 mile route. First he goes a few houses down his street East towards Packard. Then South on Packard two blocks. First he passes South Avenue. Don't be fooled South Avenue is one block long. It backs up to Jonny's street. Their backyards are his backyards. In between is a bunch of business but then street veer together. One business is a fish store. Another is a auto repair. On the other side of South is another auto repair called Lou's Transmission. There is Oz music store and BTB burrito. Next is another dead end street called Coler Street. He walks down that street one block. At the end is a fence with an overlapped fence allowing one to walk in an s shaped path into an apartment complex called Wisteria. He walks through the complex for the equivalent of three blocks. These aren't the kind of apartment complexes you would find in Brooklyn like Starret City. No this is a typical suburb apartment complex with carports, tow away zones, garbage dumpsters and riff raff of various levels. There is always a super market within walking distance for the extremely poor. Finally he passes into an Ann Arbor park. This is a small one with an opening and a sign and trashcan specifically set aside for dog waste. There is a play ground, a back stop and grass. There is also a sand box where you can sit on a scooping toy and pretend you are working in construction. Next there is a fine gravel path. This is almost sand and it is gray. Next a block later is Stadium. Jonny walks down Stadium so he won't have to stop and talk to his neighbors. Angelina is waiting for him to get back to work on the unpacking, it is Sunday morning. Three blocks later he hits the gas station at the corner of Packard and Stadium. There is another on the other side of Packard. There is a Caribou coffee house on the other side of Stadium. Across the stree the coffee drinkers can see the spectacle. Instead of avoiding talking to 20 houses occupants on his own street he has been plagued with this new obstacle. An extremely old lady is walking the three houses to the gas station to get smokes probably. She walks about an inch an hour. She is wearing a house coat hobbled over in pajamas. Jonny doesn't want the dogs to bite her but he also doesn't want to run into the street, Stadium is very fast. There is a lull in the traffic he juts into the street. Lucy wakes up from a trance and barks half-heartedly at the old lady. He cuts through the gas station. Across the street he sees Dairy Queen on Packard. Next he turns right, full-circle he has come home again.