Day 1: No Car--Bike It or Bust!

10/10/09: I did it! I made the commitment. Day 1, here we go. Last week I went to Tour De Fat, which is a bike and beer festival sponsored by New Belgium Beers. The whole event was inspiring. There were thousands of people riding their bikes, celebrating with beer, and preaching about using only their bike as their mode of transportation. They even had a parade called "The Death of The Car". It was a full on funeral procession of a car. There was a marching band, stilt walkers, people chanting and clapping and singing...all of them celebrating their bikes. So, today, I took my baby blue SCHWINN which my sister bought for me for Christmas last year, got the tire fixed, and began my social experiment. Starting today, I will not use my car for anything. I will transport myself via baby blue SCHWINN, by foot, by bus or piggy back, but, for sure...no car. I will do this for the next 30 days as a trial run. If all goes well, who knows...maybe I'll sell my car. Would that be crazy? I can't imagine what I would do without my car? I love my car. It's a very socially responsible good with gas car--BUT---someone double dog dared me at this festival to not use my car for 30 days....so.....here I go...the challenge is on, and the adventure has begun. Let's see how this goes....