Green Month: Week 1 Wrap Up!

So we did it, we survived the first week of Green Month ! We had great weather this past week so luckily we didn't have to do any extreme weather riding! The highlight of the week goes to Zak and his ingenious way to fulfill his plans of golfing that he made prior to us starting green month:

No big deal, just riding a bicycle with golf clubs... ha ha!

We had a Cinco De Mayo party to attend over the weekend which I had agreed to bring Corona to without actually considering how we would get a case of Corona from the store to my friends house, our solution:

One six pack at a time! 

So it is not that we are limited on our every day life because of not using the car or other means of transportation we just have to find different ways to do it! 

Our usual commuting path from our home to the base has become such an easy and effortless ride now, I honestly went into a zone today riding home and 30 minutes felt like 5! The only time I dislike that bike ride is the section that we have to ride through which happens to be a bee farm. I pull up my mask, drop down my sunglasses and go into full on crazy peddling mode to push through the cloud of bees fast enough so they don't land on me.  Zak said he got hit in the ear by one this week but thankfully we haven't been stung... yet. 

I am looking forward to seeing what challenges we can overcome this week!! Until the next update here are some more photos we took during our first week being petrol free!

Yes that is a pineapple in my back pack :o)

Oh an here is a cute picture of Pip because she feels left out of the blog lately..

Well that is it for week one, and according to Zak's estimation of mileage/gas prices/car mpg we have saved a little over $20 in fuel this week and have burned about 10,000 combined calories of our own fuel! 

Thanks for reading

xxx

Sidetrack from Travels: Green Month!

     Ok readers, Zak and I have started a challenge. Call us crazy but we have decided to not use our car, taxis, or petrol powered trains for the month of May. This leaves us with walking, biking, using electric trains and ONLY if there are storms out, taking the public bus...that is unless you would find humor in us documenting what it was like to ride our bikes in 20mph winds and pouring rain. (we shall see).

     We have decided to do this not only to achieve a really awesome goal but also in an effort to be in the best shape of our lives by the time we go home for vacation next month. (home=beach in case you didn't know... beach=bikini, you see where I am going with this) We have both been working very hard on getting our bodies in shape since the beginning of the year and we are feeling really good about our accomplishments thus far but we want to push it just that one step further. 

     Another reason we are doing this challenge is to better the environment where we can. Living in Korea has given myself and Zak a whole new respect for recycling. This is such a small country and it is their way of life to recycle pretty much everything (and I mean everything, excluding egg shells and bones!) So we decided to make one month of our life a little inconvenient to give back to Korea!  

     The challenge started yesterday, and while we usually commute on our bikes 1-2 times a week we have never had to depend solely on them for transportation and running errands... hmm guess we should have stocked up on toilet paper before we started this challenge. 

     Yesterday wasn't too bad for me, I took it easy on the way to the gym (which is about a 45 minute casual paced bike ride each way) worked out with my trainer and then rode back. Here is what Zak had to say about his first day: 

May 1st, Day One of "No Petrol Month"

21.23 miles ridden on bike

981 calories burned

19 city mpg for Accord EX-L V6

$3.809 per/gal US National Average

$4.26 saved today

Exhaustion Level 7/10

     We shall see what the next month has in store for us, we will be sure to document with pictures and check in every week!

     Wish us luck and thanks for reading!

xxx