I biked to the grocery store today for the first time. I purchased a used bike trailer on Craigslist last week and was excited to start using it. Prior to reading the MMM blog I would have never considered biking to the store even though it is only four miles from my home. (Oh, and the four miles are on a paved bike trail.)
While I was checking out the bagger asked me if I wanted her to wheel my groceries out to my car. I told her no thanks because I actually rode my bike to the store and was parked right outside the door at the bike rack. She asked if I lived close by and I replied, "Yeah, only four miles away." When I told her that she looked at me like I had just told her I biked in from another state. I guess some people have a different definition of what close by means. :)
