Today is Alternative Transportation Week's Bike to Worship Day, and so I'll be -- you guessed it -- biking to worship.
According to Google maps, it's just 1.2 miles from my home to my church, and there are no hills in between. Praise the Lord.
Later in the day, I plan to bike from home to the National Cemetery on Arsenal Island, which is about 4.5 miles. I'm sure there will be other random trips throughout the day which will add up.
My total car-free mileage on Saturday, Day 1 of the Car-Free Challenge, came to 11.5 miles, which included two trips by bike during the day and one by foot at night to see Rock Island High School's production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
My wife and I walked up to the school cafeteria before the play to help serve a pre-production fundraiser. Afterward, there was leftover pulled pork, and we bought some to take home. A fellow band-parent couple offered to drop off the food at our house so we wouldn't have to carry it with us on our walk home. When we arrived home there was a big 'ol bag of pulled pork and a bag of buns stuffed in our mailbox.
Odd the things that happen when you give up your car.
good post. have to admit, i was a bit worried where 'pork in the mailbox' was going to go.
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