This morning, when this bike ride took place, the outer world was a little gloomy, gray and sort of foggy.
But calm.
Nary a wave rippling Lake Wichita.
That little bump in the middle right is the Mount Wichita pseudo volcano, not yet snowcapped.
It's probably a bit early in the snowcapping season to expect the top of Mount Wichita to be white.
When I exit the top of Lake Wichita Dam I leave the paved Circle Trail for a gravel trail which travels the perimeter of Lake Wichita Park.
Lake Wichita Park has multiple play fields of the baseball, soccer and football sort. Play a disc golf course. And a rocket launch pad, along with a radio controlled model airplane tarmac. Oh, and there is a BIG dog park.
Usually I only see a few vehicles parked in the large Lake Wichita Park parking lots. Such was not the case today.
As soon as the first parking lot came into view I saw it was full. And then the gravel trail reached the west side of the park. There I soon found myself dodging vehicles driving on the gravel trail so as to find a place to park on the grass.
What fresh hell is this I rolled and wondered? I soon had my answer....
Little kids in football uniforms playing football. Dozens upon dozens of helmeted padded kids, along with hundreds upon hundreds of others watching the dozens upon dozens of helmeted padded kids playing football.
I thought due to the dangers now known to exist that little kids playing football was no longer something that happened. Clearly I was misinformed on this issue.
I sort of remember when I was in grade school football was played. But we had no pads, uniforms or helmets. Seems like it was something called tag or touch football. I don't think tackling was allowed. This was decades ago, way back in the previous century.
It takes a long time, I guess, sometimes decades, for progress to make its way from the west or east coast to the center of the country. Yeah, that must be the explanation for those dozens upon dozens of helmeted padded kids I saw today...
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