I don't get mail where I live. This is by choice. I have a PO box over in the next town which is about a twenty minute bicycle ride away. It is my not so subtle encouragement to exercise six days a week.
A few doors down from where I live is an entrance to a bike/walking trail. It runs along a seasonal creek bed, crosses a quiet residential street then continues along the creek for a ways before crossing a rather busy road (there is a crosswalk and light for pedestrians and cyclists to cross ) and then it continues through a small park. After the park I have to switch to the bike lane on the parallel street.
Returning from the post office I saw this along the trail. The bird did not seem concerned when I stopped to take the picture.
After taking the picture I continued on to the residential crossing and detoured onto the street just because the ride is a little bit longer. that way. The more I ride the easier it gets. That's when I rode by this house. I have driven passed it many times, and seen the sign but being on a bicycle instead of diving a car made it easier to stop and take a picture. I couldn't resist the opportunity to do that.
This isn't the only sign reflecting pro-immigration sentiment in the neighborhood, but it just struck me at the moment.
So, I like the vibe, I like cycling on the creek side trail, and I like that I can ride my bike, or even walk to the downtown from here. It is the kind of downtown that existed in a lot of small towns before highway 101 was turned into freeway..
Unlike many of those towns, this downtown has survived. There is a road parallel to the freeway that goes through the downtown that was highway 101 until the freeway was constructed. It is still well traveled, I presume mostly by locals. It has restaurants, bars, small stores and a large park all within walking distance.
