When I graduated from elementary school, we left Michigan and headed to Oregon. My family moved across the country leaving behind all that I had ever know.
Obviously, I would be in a city without any friends. Transitioning from elementary school to middle school is already hard enough. For me it was going to be brutal.
I spent the entire summer getting around town on my 12-speed bike. That's right, 12 powerful speeds in which I would leave those with a mere 10 speeds in my dust. I would go off around lunch and ride through the different neighborhoods and into the city of Eugene. I got to know the city one block at a time.
It was the loneliest summer I ever had as a kid, but it was also the most exciting. Exploring a city on a bike. It's something everyone should do when they move.
