Windstar, my trusty, hardworking and worn 1995 Ford minivan, sits at rest in front of my house this morning -- Day 1 of my participation in the week-long Car-Free Challenge that's part of Alternative Transportation Week.
I turned off Windstar Friday night just before 10 p.m., and won't put the key back into the ignition until sometime on Saturday, May 16. So now she sits, quiet and peaceful at the curb.
It's a much-deserved rest for Windstar, which so far has carried me, my family, and various groups of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts hither and yon over the years, racking up 142,000 miles. That's a lot of carbon emissions along the way -- many of which were unavoidable, many of which were not.
For a week, at least, I'm off to eliminate those avoidable emissions, get some exercise and learn about mass transportation in the Quad-Cities.
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