Friday Night Traffic

Friday night my husband and I biked along one of the trails that connects downtown Bentonville with our neighborhood. Bentonville has a fabulous trails system, and it was a perfect evening to enjoy it. We passed families with strollers, other bikers and walkers as we rode past the construction site for Crystal Bridges Museum and Compton Gardens to get to the Square.

After checking out First Friday, we headed down Main Street to get a quick bite to eat. As we biked, my heart welled up with love for my fair town. It was 8pm on a Friday night and there was not a car on Main Street to disturb our casual bike ride. WE were the Friday night traffic. True, there was plenty of traffic on the square, and a party was in full swing with a community-full of people, but otherwise the town was quiet. What a joy!

We found a place--Sabores is a new Mexican restaurant on Main and 8th, and we enjoyed the food and reasonable prices. One of the owners was helping wait tables and we congratulated him on a great place to eat.

As the dusk was darkening on toward night, we biked back towards home, zipping along the dark paths daringly, enjoying the cool of the evening and the joy of living in this corner of heaven.