Set the Date

We haven't driven since our trip to OK, but we've yet to start our Car-Free Month challenge. Mason's family is coming down to visit this weekend, so we will most likely be riding in a car at some point. While that isn't technically driving, it definitely isn't "car-free". We have a guitar show to work in late July which may also require driving, so we've decided that the challenge will run from June 19th until July 19th. The rules are: (1) no driving any car, truck or SUV and (2) no riding in any car, truck or SUV. Public transportation is allowed, but bicycling will be our main form of transportation (as usual). I don't think that it's going to be much of a problem at all.

Oh, and Mason bungeed a tape deck to his handlebars so that we could listen to Centro-matic while we rode to estate sales today.

Grocery Day

We had to drive the wagon for the third time yesterday. It was for a good cause, though. We went up to REI to get a rear rack for Mason's grocery crate. While we were there, we picked up an LED headlight, some levers, reflector stickers for our crates, a compact pump and some new patch kits. We're down to about half of a tank, but I don't foresee many car trips in the next few weeks. The first two drives were for Mason's training, which is over. He's been riding to work everyday. Luckily, there is a shower for him to use if he manages to get there early enough. I've been riding with him halfway in a pathetic attempt to get mildly into shape.

Today, we made our first full grocery run by bike. Mason's crate means double the room, and we managed to carry everything with a tiny bit of room to spare. We have a lot of love for bungees and zip ties.

30 days on $30

We have challenged ourselves to live on one tank of gas in the Volvo for one month. The thirty days began on Monday when Mason filled up the tank for $30. With the exception of one trip to Plano and one trip to Richardson (training for Mason's new job), we haven't driven at all. To be fair, we have already been working on combining trips and we don't go out all that often, but all of our short trips to the store, post office, etc. are now walked or biked. I love the wagon, but it's just too irresponsible for us to use it as much as we do.