One of my projects for the year was to green my driving routine by driving less. I tracked my days monthly, and when I looked back for the year, I noticed that I started tracking my no driving days in July. I have exactly six months of no driving data to share.
In the month of December I didn’t drive or ride in a car for 8 days out of the month. Not too bad for the last month of the year. Now for all of those no driving days:
July 08: I had 11 no driving days
August 08: I had 10 no driving days
September 08: I had 5 no driving days (Thade started school this month)
October 08: I had 4 no driving days
November 08: I had 8 no driving days
December 08: Again, I had 8 no driving days
That gives me a grand total of: 46 no driving days!
That means that out of six months I didn’t drive, or ride in a car for over a month and a half. I think that is pretty good, and pretty green too.
I had a lot of fun on my no driving days too, and I found many activities that we could walk to, that was near our home. We spent Wednesday and Saturday mornings walking to the Farmer’s market, and we even walked our bills and outgoing mail to the Post Office. Thade and I would walk to our former Church on Sunday’s too. Both of the kiddos enjoyed the extra walks, and getting to know our town better too.
In the new year I hope to keep up with the no driving days, and keep track for the entire year. I can’t wait to see and share the results.
