Today was probably the most planned out day so far. My sister invited me to her fencing group after work. This is a fairly simple trip in most cases because the fencing class meets at a location off of the same bus line I take home. The complexity came into play when I had to purchase some male protective equipment. This required me to catch a bus ( Read more... )

 The bus arrived late today. So late in fact that I never did see it. It was so late that the next scheduled bus arrived 40 minutes later. This made me 30 minutes late to work. If I would have known this to be the case I would have slept in! One guy at the stop started walking home to grab his car because he could not afford to be late for work. My ( Read more... )

 Nearing the end of my first month. Time really does fly. Every day that passes I grow less and less dependent on my car. It feels as if I don't even own a car.
When arriving at my new second job in Miamisbug after finishing up for the day in downtown Dayton I knew something was wrong when everyone was not where they said they were going to meet me ( Read more... )

 On the way into work my sister ran into a teacher who recognized her back from middle school. All kinds of people take the bus, we were both surprised to meet someone we actually knew riding the bus.
After work I was getting ready to head down to my second job in Miamisburg. Ran into some last minute work that had to be finished before I left. That ( Read more... )

So much for Bike To Work Day. It was embarrassing to ride up on my motorcycle because I overslept. Its still a bike but I had to explain to everyone why I took my motorcycle and not my bike. We had about 150 people show up to eat dinner plate sized pancakes with real Ohio maple syrup. I'm not a pancake fan but I thoroughly enjoyed them.

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worked late tonight at work prepping for the National Bike to Work Day. Finished up and was ready to leave the office at 7:15PM. The next bus was not scheduled to arrive till 8:10PM. So instead of complaining about the bus system I simply pulled out my cell phone and called two friends I had been meaning to call for the past three days. The time ( Read more... )

 Took the bike today on the bus and I sure put it to use. After work I rode to my kayak class which was only 6 minutes away from work. I actually beat my coworker to class who left the office before me. The amazing power of the bike at work. After the class I consulted my bus schedule. To my disappointment my ride back home had left three minutes ( Read more... )

 Had an evening program down in Germantown MetroPark. I have yet to find a good way to get to that park without a car. It is surrounded by hills and the bus only goes by twice a day. Even then the bus stop is not near the entrance. Brent, one of my coworkers offered a ride to the park since he was also headed to the same location. After the event ( Read more... )

 Visited my old apartment to pickup my motorcycle and while talking with management about how I plan to go 2 months without a car they introduced me to Joe who was outside cutting wood for a project. Joe is in the process of selling his car. He relies on bus and bicycle for means of transportation around town. Joe has realized that he can get ( Read more... )

 Worked a little late again today. Checked the bus schedule before leaving and realized I did not have much time to catch it. Walked quickly to the bus stop and watched the bus as it cruised around the corner as I waited at the cross walk. Waited another 45 minutes for the next bus. Got off a few stops early to check the mail at my old apartment. ( Read more... )