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!