So there it sits, my car that is, in front of Elmer's Auto Repair. Elmer's is in Hibbing, MN...My story begins back on Saturday, Nov. 3rd. I was up north for the great MN deer hunt, that's when my car decided to give up. Elmer's is a repair shop that belongs to my uncle and it was the easiest place to get my car to. This worked out well, but the only problem was (besides the break-down) that Elmer's was going to be closed down while my uncle was off to his deer camp for a week. And it would be another week after his return until I could retrieve my car from "up north".
I was able to get myself back home but was now faced with the fact that we were going to be short one vehicle for awhile. Being a busy family of 5 I knew I would have to come up with alternative transportation to work. I though I will just commute via bicycle ala John R. and Dave H. Those guys do it all the time!
I do commute from time to time but it has been years since I have commuted more than a single day per week, that all changed over the last couple weeks. I will be getting my car back this weekend and I have to confess, I will be happy to get it back, but after 2 straight weeks of cycling to work I am also pleased that I did it, and better yet, I actually can feel some form coming around. My commuter expedience has turned into a great motivator and I actually think I will have some guilt feeling when I start driving my car to work again.
Funny how things work out...
3 comments:
John was wondering if you going to commute all the time now!
Great Blog!!
Commuting is overrated. I'm gonna give it up in a week or two.
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