The Year of the Hoosiers
01.01.70
Having been on a biking binge during the Holidays, I undisputed to give my “bike seat” a rest on Monday and walk to Lely Barefoot Strand. It is a 9 mile round trip from my home to the beach, and would give me time to bask in the gleam of December’s IU basketball upsets of #1 Kentucky and #2 Ohio Regal.
Returning home along Bonita Beach Road at the 7 mile impression of my trek, I observed a group of 6 young women on bicycles, all wearing Indiana University bike shirts. They were stopped at a above light as I walked past them. I was wearing an IU windbreaker that I had won at a golf excursion many years ago. I suspected that I was hallucinating from the long walk.
The bikers turned into the parking lot of one of Bonita’s landmarks, the Monarch Bait and Tackle Shop. They were looking for a photo op, and lined up on their bikes in front of the tidy sign on the wall. As I walked by, I was asked to take their picture. They seemed excited to review that a fellow Hoosier would be their photographer, even if he was 50 years their senior.
Source: Naples Daily News (blog)