I want to take a small diversion today and talk about something besides photography, nature, or book publishing and tell you about a blog I know about. A friend of mine, George Zrust, and his wife Nancy, have taken up the noble cause of not using their car. Instead they bike everywhere, take pubic transportation or walk. Now Nancy seems to be the leader on this one, although George writes the blog. Nancy has been seen riding in 1 ½ feet of snow! (OK, walking it down the unplowed alley’s we have to get to the plowed street – but hey it’s winter! And yes, I know many folks ride all winter – Nancy did 700 miles between January and March) Anyway this is a great blog with lots of stories, both for the good and the bad of biking around town instead of using a car – think groceries, rain, above mentioned snow and cold!

Now I have taken to road biking in the last year or so – although not as often as I’d like – still need to commit to a Century Ride at some point – maybe next year. But giving up the car – beyond me (besides I like my Miata and the Chevy Pickup with our camper on its back) – but I applaud them!

So check it out over at www.georgezrust.com/carfree/ it’s worth a look!

Oh, and the image above – something I shot a longtime ago of my son on his bike.

Here’s to Biking!

Richard