As Observed Today

Unique Aspects of My community:

1. Someone rides a bike bus. I saw it today at parked at the park. There was a two person bicycle attached to an extra wheel and seat for a peddling child (age 5-9) and behind THAT there was a 2 seat bike trailer for preschoolers. I guess the whole family must go riding on one contraption.

2. When the Civic Band plays "On Wisconsin" in concert at the outdoor band shell, all the native Wisconsinites Tap their toes and jiggle their legs to the beat. Small children dance in the grass. Small dogs pant appropriately on beats two and four. These citizens are dedicated.

3. During Dairy Festival you can race goldfish in plastic raingutters gutters for merely 50 cents.

4. At very random and unpredictable times an ice cream truck, a real honest to goodness ice cream truck, will toodle on by, sweet music blaring from a speaker on the roof. The ice cream truck appears at the oddest places and is driven by a shaggy bearded man who appears to not bathe frequently, but people who have actually purchased frozen treats on a whim have told me he's safe.