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I got an electric bike for two reasons: To get in shape and to watch the sun.

The electric aspect of these bikes is really intended to be used as an assist; it was never meant to completely power the vehicle. I mean… I don’t use it that way. But that’s what they’re meant for. Supposedly, a full charge can reach fifty miles. I might get five. Ipso facto, the first reason for obtaining said bike was a bust.

So let’s move on to reason number two.

Many of my weekday mornings begin with a run up and down Park Avenue, distances varying and determined mostly by my fluctuating opinion of what exactly is worth it. But now and then, I’ll be awake because that’s just what my body and mind do these days, and running just does not appeal to my inner self. So I ride.

Sure, it’s silly. Until my ride stops at the top of Jamestown Drive. At the risk of overpopulating that hill at dawn with old souls on electric bikes, I will testify that I’ve found it to be the best place in Bluff Park to watch the sun come up.

And at the end of the day, the bluff offers views that cause even my two-year-old to exclaim, “Wook!”

The fine residents along Shades Crest Road have politely gone to great lengths, asking us not to park on their property to watch the sun go down. Long before the ropes and signs were placed as a final end to the madness, trespassers lined the mountainside. I never tried it, but I was tempted. And while I’m within easy walking distance, my bike takes me to the old Tip Top, where a front row view of the sunset can be witnessed every dusk that isn’t overcast.

How can it be that these natural phenomena that repeat themselves like clockwork are as mesmerizing today as they were the day before?

And the day before that?

First and foremost, it’s probably because I’m a softy, but I think maybe it’s that no two are the same, just like fingerprints and snowflakes. Each one makes its mark on today. And today – despite our monotonous schedules and incredulous desire for “something new” – will never be repeated.

It doesn’t matter how great today was. The sun will set tonight. And it doesn’t matter how gloomy the night is. The sun will rise in the morning.

That’s enough reason for me to see every one.