Low Car Diet - Days 3 and 4
In the immortal words of Karol Collymore, we're "still walking," five days into our Low-Car Diet. That said, at this early stage in the game, we're mostly avoiding complicated trips rather than making the effort to plan for them.
Even so, there are some things you can't avoid. Eating, for instance, is mostly a must. Same with picking up life-saving prescriptions and bringing home the bacon. In the course of doing these unavoidable tasks, we've discovered a few things that we didn't know before:
Marissa: "Going to the Interstate Farmer's Market on Wednesdays afternoons across from the big Kaiser building is a quick thirty minute Max detour on my normal way home. Super Bonus: The amazing New Cascadia Traditional gluten free bakery has a stand there. Their gluten-free sour dough makes my heart go pitter-patter."
Karol: "I need to learn not to respond to cat calls on my walk home – me smiling back is encouragement, not a deterrent"
Stay tuned for more sacred pearls of car-less wisdom next week.
Stats:
Miles walked Weds and Thursday: 11.8
Buses: 3
Max rides: 4 red, 2 yellow
Posted on July 25, 2008
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