We got these license plates for our bikes for Christmas. We will be installing them on our bikes this week. Car free living is working out good. We certainly aren’t getting out as much, but we aren’t wasting time and money at gas stations and fast food places either. I think going carfree has helped us keep our priorities closer to where we want them to be.

Our kids are getting ready for Christmas break. They hauled a Christmas Tree down off of the hill on the bike trailers (one tied behind the other). We received snow and ice and they’ve even had the chance to go sledding. We’ve been keeping the wood stove warm, and the inside activities are keeping them pretty busy too. Kidical Mass – a Pizza Get Together – and a ride around town to look at the Christmas Lights and have some fun with other families. Dare is missing from this photo, but check him out at: our Photo Gallery.

Getting around Eugene on bikes is very nice. We’ve had a very colorful Fall and the rain has come back but we are still getting more dry days than wet ones.

Well we’ve gone and done it. We have officially sold our mini van and do not have a motorized vehicle of any kind. We’ve not been using it much at all since we moved to Eugene last June. It has been 2+ weeks since we’ve taken the money and pedaled. We got $1500 our of it. We don’t even look at the gas prices any more.

We already noticed a bit of a change in our habits. We occasionally used the van before to handle the grocery runs or the trip to the building supply, but now all our trips are by bike. I need wood for a fence upgrade now and I have to figure out how to get $300 worth of fence boards and posts (and a bag or two of concrete) home from Jerry’s. It is a 4.5 mile trip home, but the hard part is not pulling it but finding a trailer that will haul it smartly. I’ll keep you updated as we figure out all the ins and out of our car free enlightenment.

I figure if we can do it as a family of 6 then there is no excuse for you to go car free too. You’ll have to get serious about making a change. I’ll keep writing to document how we do it here in Oregon.

Here is a link to a article from the Register Guard. The title is Look Ma, no gas!