You're not the only one who is confused. It's a bike blog and we're talking about goat parking? When we arrived there was a clearly marked sign being hung on a pole by Ty (owner of Craft) that said "Goat Prkn".... and below on the sidewalk was a nice 6ft by 4 ft carpet. We often lock our bikes up to this pole so I thought maybe this was some strange reference that a younger, hipper cyclist might recognize. I decided not to risk an misinterpretation and locked up the bikes along some adjacent sidewalk.
We were joined shortly afterwards by several other sweat rides including this beauty.
For long time readers of this blog (all 5 months of it) you might be interested to know that this is the leisure suit preachers newest ride. Perhaps on a future biking to bars ride he will read from the good book (the cyclist manifesto) while being chauffeured through town!
However, back to the parking situation. Turns out goat parking is exactly what you think it is.... it's where you tie up and park your goats while popping in to the local bottle shop!
These guys are feinting goats and were definitely the stars of the afternoon (well really that was Jeff Currant's beer). But once you have a beer in hand, how can you resist heading outside to pet some goats! They were popular enough that chairs were brought out and a crowd formed around the goat parking for the better part of the afternoon.
Unfortunately, as we were gearing up for the ride home later that evening, animal control paid the goat parking lot a visit. Apparently, this parking arrangement isn't in line with city ordinances. I for one am more than willing to share the parking pole with the goats!
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