February 29, 2008


The Big Dummy and I ran some errands today with the help of my Bikes At Work trailer. In one trip, we dropped off a complete door with hardware and frame at the Reuse Center, visited Ryan at Peace Coffee…a local roaster of the addictive bean, took 25kg of steel and aluminum to the recycler, bought an 8-pack of 16 oz Bitburger cans, and mailed a package at the post office. I’m certain it would have taken longer to use a car to do the same things. I had no parking hassles, and most of my route was in bike lanes, on bikes paths, on sidewalks, through alleys, or on residential streets with few stop signs. I got rid of some junk, while soaking in some sunshine. Not a bad way to spend a couple hours with a Dummy.
