This weekend has been one of the busier ones in a while. On Friday morning, Nathan, Liat, and I woke up around 6:00 a.m. to drive into Kirksville, a town 35 miles away, to drop off Liat’s brother at the (tinytiny) Kirksville airport, run some errands, and then hang out until the Critical Mass bike ride, which was at 5:30 p.m that day.
Kirksville is a pretty small town, maybe 25,000 people or so (including students), and it’s also home to Truman State University. We spent some time on the campus in the afternoon, mostly posting fliers for Critical Mass and passing the time. Thankfully, a kind student swiped us into a cafeteria at one point so we could grab some grub, because it was a long day and we were all pretty hungry. Sitting there in the student cafeteria and eating a questionable mushroom sandwich and french fries brought back many memories of my own four years of college food.
After all that was the actual Critical Mass ride, and there was a nice turnout of 50+ riders, most of whom were probably students.
A friend of ours from the La Plata community had joined us for the afternoon, and afterwards we biked the 15 miles to La Plata to spend the night at her community’s home. There we had an awesome dinner, including fresh, homemade butter from the cream of Amish neighbors’ cows. So good.
The next morning, we woke up at 6:00 a.m. to bike back to Kirksville, and then we drove back to Dancing Rabbit. That afternoon we had our annual Open House. Over 150 people from the surrounding area showed up for tours of the ecovillage, with different stops at some of the highlights of the community. It was a busy afternoon, but fun and rewarding. I was busy shooting video most of the time, but unfortunately it was super windy, causing some audio problems. Anyway, I was happy to see a friend from St. Louis again and catch up, too.
By the end of the day, I was pretty wiped.
Next weekend will be an even bigger one, because we’ll be having a three-day 10th anniversary reunion and celebration of the community. Lots of old members, interns, etc. will be staying for the weekend, and I’m sure it will be a time for many stories.
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