Well, now that I have pictured the joy of punching an elephant made of pollution in the face, I can't help but join. I feel warm fuzzies inside already, excitement for my first official Mustachian challenge (new reader in the last month or two, but fan of frugal/earthy things for a long time). I'm embarrassed to say that I have a commute of 43 miles, one way, 4-5 days a week. The good thing is, its 15 miles shorter than it would have been from where we were living 2 months ago, and until recently my commute was a walk across the street. I just started going back to school and live in a rural area, so the now house splits the difference from where my hubby and I have to get to.
Days that I "bike" are really days were I drive the first 20 miles to where the bus line starts, bus the next 22 miles, and then bike the last mile to campus. I could hop off the bus sooner to bike further but then I'd have to catch the bus an hour sooner to make it to class on time. So if i bike more, it's because I hop off early in the afternoon when I have more time anyway. I started taking the bus a few weeks ago, and figured out that at current gas prices, I'm saving $8 a day by not driving (the bus pass if free for students). So if I take the bus/bike instead of driving every day then I would save $160 a month!!
Stoked! (even though I won't be adding tons of bike miles, at least I'm reducing car miles).
Could someone add me to the front page please?