Half-way there

I think we're just about half-way in this car-free challenge and so far, going car-free hasn't been a problem. We're taking a little more time to plan our trips and getting more acquainted with our public transportation system, but these are not bad things.

We've taken the bike out to take the kids to buy Halloween costumes, go grocery shopping, take the kids to school, take the kids to church and take the kids to see their god parents. Although we haven't ventured more than a few miles from our house with it, we've used it to travel distances that we normally would have driven.

A photographer from the local paper stopped by this morning to take pictures of my husband carting the kids off to school. It would have been nice if it was warmer out so you could actually see the kids, but it's gotten so cold out that we've been riding around with the rain cover on. I haven't seen the photos, but I can't imagine you can see them at all in their little plastic bubble.