OK, so I’m getting closer to my one year mark being raw. Woohoo! July 16th, 2008. I have started to feel pressure, imaginary, self-made pressure to really push through the barrier and go for it - exercise wise. No don’t worry I won’t go weekend warrior and end up in the hospital but I will push myself harder than I’ve ever pushed myself before. Why do I want to push myself? Because I am a warrior. Ok, and also, because as healthy as raw is, it still isn’t exercise. Yes you can lose weight while sitting on your butt, however, it won’t get you toned and won’t get your heart healthy.
So starting tomorrow, I am heading out to the bike path which goes practically from my home - STRAIGHT- to the garden! No stop signs, nothing. Wee, look ma! No hands!
Here is how the mileage and gas works out….Now if I drive the back way it is a 20 mile round trip journey. If I take the freeways it is 34 miles round trip. If I bike it? 15 miles round trip, ah heck ya! Only problem is my bike is a mountain bike, with mountain bike tread. I’ll need to get a smoother tire for this trip because it’s much easier to bike when you aren’t fighting your tread.
So anyways, travelling in my car, gas costs about $6.50 for the round trip. That starts to add up, and then you have traffic etc. I figure this is my way of going green. If I go out there 4 times a week that’s a savings of $104 in gas a month. And I am reducing my carbon sasquatch print.
Please note on the first picture is Sasquatch, the second is Robert Smith, lead singer of the Cure.
Way back in the day I used to ride my bike a lot. No helmet either, just ride my 10 speed probably 50 miles a day easy, while flipping cassette tapes in my Walkman. And it’s on this same bike trail too. (WARNING: Segue into memory lane) Yes I know that the mention of a Sony Walkman dates me however, lemme tell ya a little story. My brother knew a guy who had a box of them. Nobody had the special all black ones with the silver metallic fleck paint. I couldn’t even find a picture of one. This one pictured is the second generation. The one we had was probably meant for Japan. We later figured out that we were probably being naive and got some, ahem misguided merchandise? OH well!
And, if you only knew what it meant to have a Sony Walkman back then…it was an even bigger deal than the Iphone. The Iphone is just another bone in a long line of bones that have been thrown to the Mac addict. If you had a Sony Walkman, you literally had the equivalent of a Humvee on your head. Please picture that….. That’s how ostentatious they were and oh the jealousy!…at least in Jr. High. That was the last hurrah for cassette tape music as CD’s became vogue in my High School daze. Now I’ll just put on my Tmobile Wing and listen to, oh gosh, 2 Gigs of music? 20 CD’s sheesh. It’s a different world. It’s strange to think that I can check my email and surf the net wherever I want to as well. Back then it was so quiet….sigh. Pros and cons to both ways of living.
Ok, enough ramble dramble. So when I get the time I’ll be biking out to the garden, timing it and shuffling my schedule around to make the trek when I can, hopefully at least 3 times a week. The weather is supposed to be warming up so I need to get out there and finish planting. We’ve also decided to work another plot and I found a real winner. Great soil, nice and cushy. Should have a great salsa garden there.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE AND TO ALL THE MOMMA’S HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!
