Pedal the Parks: A DAILY RECORD

SIX (6) PARKS IN ONE DAY! Wow! I feel like I am making progress. Sunday, May 18th, was another gorgeous day for "pedaling." We visited some beautiful parks, rode our first gravel park, found another "non-existent" park, substituted a park, logged nearly 300 miles in our van, and rode on two (2) very nice bike trails. The first gravel park was T.F. Clark Park, in Traer, Iowa. It appeared that this "listed State Park" must have lost funding years ago, and has settled into a small, quiet, country park, in the middle of no where. There wasn't a paved section of road anywhere. A unicycle doesn't perform well on gravel. But, I was there and Patty felt it was "good" gravel and well packed, so I accepted the challenge. The challenge proved successful, and I completed the mile with NO falls. A "high five" was accepted, as well, at the end of the ride. The Steamboat Rock bike trail was ridden as a substitute for the "non-existent" Steamboat Rock Wayside State Park," which was next to a "bad" graveled Pine Ridge Park. All in all, it was a great day in our pursuit to ride the 95 listed parks. Six (6) miles (on a unicycle) in one (1) day, I'm not sure I ever did that as a kid. We have now completed "a mile ride" in twenty-five (25) State Parks. It feels good to be over 25% complete after only two (2) months. We continue to ask for your support in our challenge to raise money for Meniere's Disease Research. Please log on at www.givetoiowa.org/burkey and help in any way possible. Thanks for the continued interest and support.