Today is the day! The weather is cloudy and not too hot, the bank account is full of fresh new money for the month, and the refrigerator is so empty we've been eating plain spaghetti for the past two days.
IT IS TIME TO GO SHOPPING!
This will be my first time biking all the way to my favorite grocery store, intending to bring home a full cartload of groceries. I've done it many times using my folding push basket on the bus, but this will be the first time I attempt it on my Yuba Mundo.
I'm not worried that I will have any trouble. The tough part of the trip is the hilly section close to my house. Once I get on the main street (hwy 303) the going is relatively level, and the road has a generous shoulder to bike on. Since I know I can get past the first two hilly miles, I know that the remaining level miles will be a piece of cake.
I'm taking my son along, because I like the company and he can use the outing. He'll be riding his sister's Raleigh. His old Mongoose is honestly in such bad condition that we've decided the thing to do is to throw it away entirely and focus on buying him a Raleigh of his own as soon as we can. It is a comfortable and versitile bike with enough variability in the seat height to accommodate a ten-year-old or an adult.
Honestly, some day I hope Yuba Mundo comes out with a "junior" version. It would be nice to have a mini cargo bike my son could use, and that way I could bring even MORE groceries home from the store! Oh, it would be so nice if it would fit in a bus' bike rack, too! Not every trip requires a full 400lb load, but it would be splendid if sometimes we had the option of taking maybe ONE hundred pounds of groceries or camping gear or whatever on a hybrid trip, using both bus AND bike.
Exercise is great, but sometimes a bit of help is welcome.
Get on it, Yuba people! Your loving public has spoken!
Oh, the suspense! Was the big day a success?
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