Many people ask me why I ride. "It's so much easier to just jump in the car, you can be there in a shorter time.", they say. Other's comment; "You get all sweaty and it's dangerous." "It's too cold, its' too hot, it's too dusty, it's too wet." All of these excuses not to ride.
It really is no big deal. So when I say that it really is no big deal, you just plan around the bike. I do not leave at the last minute for errands or work or play. I do not race or ride excessively fast. I ride to enjoy the ride. Soon I will be posting pics of sights I see on my rides. Sights that I would likely not see if I was driving, in fact some I would not see for sure.
My last gas fill up was mid March. I only drive when the distance is too distant. It may not be too distant one way, but the return trip, I know would be a bitch.
One day, when we do not need all that this current house offers, we will move closer to our needs. We are close to our needs now, but we have two teenage kids whose needs somehow have become our needs.
For more reasons....
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