“Columbia drivers are reckless. Reckless. Stay out the road or they will knock your tail off,” Thomas Gordon says with a smile and a slight chuckle.
Not many people get to see Columbia the way Gordon sees it.
Early every morning, 49-year-old Gordon of Dentsville hops on his bicycle and heads to work in Columbia. Some days, Gordon and his bike catch a ride to Columbia on a city bus. Other days — if the weather is good — he and his bike face the day alone.
Thomas Gordon, 49, of Dentsville, rides his bike to work. He rides 50-60 miles a day, he estimates. Here he rides with a hibiscus flower for his mother.
- Kim Kim Tobin-Foster/kkfoster@thestate.com
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“I’d say I ride at least 50 to 60 miles a day. More than that, that’s just an average ’cause I ride all the time everywhere. I just enjoy riding,” Gordon says.
A jack of many trades, Gordon makes a living as a carpenter, barber, landscaper and a shipping and receiving clerk for a local, family-owned business.
The family always has been very kind to Gordon. So for Mother’s Day, to show his appreciation, he traveled with a hibiscus plant to deliver to the matriarch of the family.
“They treat me just like family. I wanted to get Mother something, too.”
— Kim Kim Foster-Tobin, kkfoster@thestate.com
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