How about participating in Bike Friendly Oak Cliff’s Dallas Santa Ride? At Ian’s suggestion, Chris and I donned some goofy Christmas garb, grabbed our bikes, and joined Ian and three of his buddies to ride the Katy Trail downtown where we hooked up with a couple of hundred other disreputable characters to ride in Bike Friendly Oak Cliff’s Dallas Santa Ride.
Imagine if you will going on a leisurely bike ride with two-hundred other people dressed as Santa. Hilarious.
Steepest incline was on the bridge crossing the Trinity River bottoms into Oak Cliff. I’m guessing the Santas we spied smoking cigarettes prior to the start weren’t liking that much.
Check out the video on the Dallas Morning News web site (that’s Ian’s buddy Nathan with the star hat appearing numerous times). Ian can be seen talking and standing next to Star Man for a split second at around the 37 second mark, and that’s yours truly riding and waving next to Star Man at about the 51 second mark. All the Santas (and non-Santas, like us) appreciated stopping for a beer at Eno’s in the Bishop Arts District, where the Morning News shot their footage. A good time was had by all.
Random thought: there’s something inherently wrong about seeing Santa texting.
~kp~
























