Did I ever tell you about what a pain it was at the old house to get my bike out? I wanted to ride my bike more often I really did but the only place we had to store it was in the basement and the basement stairs were an absolutely bear to navigate and then you had to go out the back door and then up the patio steps and down the super steep driveway and then up the super steep hill of the street we lived on to get anywhere. I’m tired just recounting the ordeal. I’m pleased to tell you though that the new house has a much better bike storage situation, a flat driveway and we live on a flat street. Hello biking much more frequently!
I’m still a long, long way from having the endurance to bike all the way downtown for this month’s Car-Free Happy Hour (or to feel comfortable biking in all the traffic that a ride to downtown would include) but I’m working on it. Maybe next month the Car-Free Happy Hour will be someplace in the Highlands and I’ll bike or walk to it.
In addition to delicious Mexican food and fabulous conversation, we will enjoy presentations by a plumbing business that uses bikes, and SoupBycycle, a new bike-based soup delivery business in the Highlands.
Tuesday March 16
5:30 pm-8:00 pm
Sol Aztecas
520 South Fourth Street (next to the Seelbach)
Though I’m not making it to this Car-Free Happy Hour I tell you that I’m living a much less car dependent life since the move to the new house and loving it. Walking to Douglass Loop, biking about the Highlands, walking to the post office, the drug store, restaurants, etc. B is buying me my very own grocery cart since we live quite close to Kroger! That means I’ll be the crazy lady you see walking to and from the grocery store with her own cart. I might look crazy but I won’t have to drive to grocery store anymore and that’s a very good thing.
March 12th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
It’s a bit of a ramble, but if you want to get from the Highlands to downtown via bike going on bike trails almost the whole way, take the Scenic Loop in Cherokee Park to the Beargrass Creek Greenaway Trail off Lexington Rd. to the bike path that starts off Spring Street and goes to Waterfront Park. The last part is partially on streets, but there are bike lanes and there is not much traffic. It’s a great ride and the only hilly parts are in the park. I’m so excited that warmer weather and bike season is here!