About a Dog

Leah stopped for a lost dog the other day. It was meandering and hopeless, crossing the street repeatedly. We've been watching the dog, looking for a 'lost dog' sign, and yet hoping he might get to be ours. The last two days he's been getting more and more anxious to go for a walk.

So today, I hopped on my bike to go buy a leash at HEB. I've ridden to BlockBuster before because it's in the same shopping area as HEB, but I never noticed a bike rack anywhere in the area. How can such a large area not have a bike rack? Stores continue on both sides of this place: BlockBuster, RadioShack, a haircut place, a pizza place, a bank, Mangia Pizza, Panda Express, and a few other stores.

The point is this place is huge, and the bike rack? It shouldn't be the palm trees near the entrance, although someone was using one. Past the exit doors, I found it! It is a meager 3-bike holder. It was next to a giant stack of plastic outdoor chairs.

Round Rock leaders and some of its citizenry are working on some city plans to make some areas more pedestrian/customer-friendly. You can see their presentation report here. I'm glad they're doing all that work and thinking of the future. Someone has to do that stuff.

Some cyclists will probably want bike lanes in that plan. Me, I'd like to see more bike racks at the various business malls around town.