I’ve never had cause to pen a proper petition, though I’ve signed a few. Even so, after this weekend, I have everything I need to scribe a superior solicitation, write a rousing request, or author an advanced appeal. And the best part is, I’m fully prepared to share my simple supplication secrets with you.
Step one, from the bicycle industry, we borrow the time-honoured concept of R&D. No, not research and design, Rip-Off & Duplicate!
Step two, we grab this link to Kurt Ruetters’ beautifully built beseechment to better Metro Van and R&D the stones out of it!
And wait, if you happen to be a Vancouver-adjacent trail user thinking we could use a pile of more beautifully built sustainable trails on the North Shore, then after you give it a thorough read for your own petition printing proficiency… well, maybe give Kurt’s your signature?
Speaking of awesome trails, as much as we don’t love driving, The Clairebarian and I can’t wait to return to Vedder Mountain in Chilliwack for another crack at Kerry’d Away {and another slice or six at Farmhouse Brewing}. Next trip around we’re going to need a full(er) day of it though so we can ride bikes and visit the downtown.
We don’t make it out to the ‘wack very often but spent much of the {just} previous weekend there for a hockey tournament that Claire was playing in. While we were there we took some time to browse through the 1/2 million or so new and used titles at The Book Man and despite our best efforts didn’t even dent the endless stacks of used reads.
Also, I bought a rad ‘More Chill Less Wack’ sticker for my toolbox.
Oh, and also² they have shop cats! Three of them. Proper fluffy felines. I ask again, why don’t bike shops have cats?!
Anywho, I was musing about this {I think} rad idea for a group gravel-groad-randonneuring-ramble of a ride. Sort of like pedaling the Spirit Of The West song The Crawl, but instead of drinking beers at every stop between the Troller and the Raven, it’s collecting a used books at every shop from Book Lovers to, well, somewhere and then back again.
Okay, so maybe it’s more realistic to collect cortados at every craft coffee cache between <<insert two spots>>. But, the thing about books is they weigh something so the fact there aren’t a lot of used bookstores around maybe doesn’t detract from the idea?
Plus, if we picked a nice sunny day we could have some designated places to stop for reading breaks?
Read & Ride Rambling. Anyone?
{P.S. Here is Kurt’s Building Bridges Not Barriers petition one more time.}
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