We would encourage families in Albert Lea and the surrounding area to get out their bicycles Sunday and participate in the Kiwanis Family Mystery Bike Ride.

The Weekend Planner in the Thursday paper inadvertently said the event was on Saturday. To be sure, the bike ride is Sunday. It is listed in the Events Calendar on Page 3 as a Sunday event, and fliers posted around the community also say Sunday.

And the autumn weather is forecast to be beautiful this Sunday.

Registration is noon to 12:45 p.m. at Edgewater Park. The ride departs at 1 p.m. The route is about six miles and is a mystery.

The ride, organized by the Albert Lea Noon Kiwanis Club, is unlike many other events. There is no charge, and it isn’t for the sake of any cause other than the goodness that comes from grown-ups spending time with children while riding bicycles together.

Kiwanis is a service club aimed at improving the lives of children locally and globally. There are four Kiwanis clubs in Albert Lea, and they support all kinds of kid-oriented activities, from Boy and Girl Scouts to college scholarships to buying Christmas presents for needy families to building the Frank Hall Park playground. In fact, the Noon Kiwanis Club was the organization behind building the often-busy basketball courts near the city pool.

Full disclosure: Tribune Editor Tim Engstrom is the president of the Noon Kiwanis Club and sits on the Tribune’s Editorial Board. Regardless, the Tribune as an institution favors healthy family activities and wants to make sure people are aware of how this bike ride is a special event.

Come on out on Sunday. The bike ride should be over before the Minnesota Vikings game begins later in the afternoon. We hope to see your smiling face there.