The structure of our families lifestyle, requires that we find things for our children to do often because there are not a lot of safe places to let them play. We live on the corner of a residential street with heavy traffic and as such we can not send our children out front to ride their bikes. Bike riding is more like an event for our family. I have four children, three of which are at biking riding age. Obviously transporting three bikes (and six people) to a park without a bike rack requires logistical training :)
Homeschooling has forced me to discover a lot of Parks, Museums and Historical places to visit in and around Baltimore.