Contra Costa Bike Trails

Dad: While riding bikes on the Contra Costa Canal Trail, my son tells me: "I don't ever understand that Nonsequitur comic." In the homeschool business this is what they call a "teachable moment". He had read the comics in the car a couple of hours earlier. I'm always glad to know the wheels are turning in there even if I don't often know what's being processed. Now he knows what nonsequitur means, and I hope he is comforted in knowing that nobody else understands the comic either.

We had lunch at Trader Joe's and Starbucks in Concord and discussed our Eureka moments for the day.

Sam: My Eureka moment is that when you're riding your bike you can feel the wind on your face, but if you turn your face sideways, you can't.

We pondered that maybe your face is most sensitive or that maybe the sound in your ears lends to the feeling.

Dad: When you look forward, you feel the wind on your face--when you turn your face sideways, you feel a tree crashing into you.

C: My Eureka moment is Dad's joke.

Mom: My son says he never wants to live in a city. There's not enough space, and you can't just let your dog out to go for a walk by itself.