Thirty Dollars/Thirty Days: We Won!



Last month, we challenged ourselves to only spend $30 on gas for the month. We took that goal, rolled it, lit it and smoked it. In one month, we only drove 117 miles. 69 miles of that was for the mandatory training I attended for the new job. That leaves 48 miles that we drove for ourselves. The last time we used the car was April 28th, when we went to REI. We're going to home to O-K-L-A next week, and afterword we'll start our Zero Mile Month. We will be totally car free for a month! It really won't be hard at all. I have no desire to drive anywhere anymore.

Yesterday, we met my dad in Deep Ellum for dinner. We ate at Twisted Root Burger, which was pretty good. They had a decent black bean burger, tasty curly fries, and very good homemade bbq sauce. They brew their own root beer, but the flavor of the day was coconut almond, so I didn't have any. It was raining, and I needed to deliver a guitar to my dad. I don't have an extra gig bag, so I wrapped it in two trash bags, and stuffed it my backpack with the neck sticking out of the top. I slung the whole thing on my back and we hit the road. We got a little, but it wasn't too bad.

When I was driving, we never went to Deep Ellum or downtown, because of the parking situation. Now, I have no qualms about going anywhere. Biking has totally liberated and empowered my transportation, I'm not afraid of going anywhere now. I'm actually willing to go places in my city because I have no parking restrictions.
- posted by Mason @ 11:12 PM