Written for my creative writing class, this essay describes a personal experience. it is about bicycling.

Landslide of Fun Where is the line between an enthusiastic pastime and an obsession? I have been on both sides with my bicycling. I will never forget about the first extreme mountain biking experience I had. My bicycling adventure began in mid-summer when some friends and I loaded our bicycles into a truck and headed to Red Wing, Minnesota, for the town celebration honoring the city's steamboat heritage. The ceremony was short and to the …

…consumed every spare minute I had, whether I was riding, thinking about riding, or shopping for a new bike. I have since reduced this obsession to a pastime for a couple weekends a month, weather permitting. The whole Barn Bluff experience introduced me to an activity which, other than danger, has no downside I can see. Biking is my main way of staying fit during the summer, when laziness is all too easy to practice.