Cranktivus

It was a great day for one of the best bike events of the year – Cranktivus!

It was such a fun day riding around Columbia collecting food for the Food Bank of Central & Northern Missouri. We bought ham, canned vegetables, potatoes, cookies, and applesauce at five different grocery stores.

Laura could not ride this year as she was working at a band competition, but Jack, a friend from Troop 706, rode with us. Jack was stunned that he could earn service hours just for riding his bike. It was also the first year that John rode nearly 17 miles and did not complain! I think Jack needs to join us more often…

When we returned to Walt’s Bike Shop, I was amazed at the amount of food that you can carry when riding a bike or pulling a bike trailer. This is the ham pile.

This is the everything else pile.

The final tally is not yet in for the amount of food and monetary donations, but all I could do was smile when looking at these piles. Cranktivus is quite simply the best bike event around.