Last year most of our quadracycling trips were recreational in nature, nice Sunday drives together, picnics, that sort of thing. But this year we seem to be using our quadracycle almost exclusively for doing work, errands and shopping.
Yesterday was a good example: in our neighbourhood one of the best places to get milk is at Giant Tiger. It is also a great place to buy canned soups and other similar grocery items. The only problem is that it is a 6 km walk down there and back from where we live. That is not a long walk for us, but we usually end up buying a week's worth of milk (8 kg) and then we add on some cans of soup and other necessities and you are hauling back 15 kg of stuff, which is a fair load for that distance.
So instead of walking down there we take our Rhoades Car. The 3 km trip to the store takes only a few minutes on nice quiet back-streets. Then, as we usually do, I stay with the quadracycle and Ruth goes shopping. I could lock it up and go with her, but, to be honest talking to passers by about the quadracycle is a whole lot more fun than Giant Tiger is.
When she gets back we toss the groceries in our bin, (wow she got a lot of heavy cans this time), cinch down the tie-down strap and pedal home.
Most of 2009 has been like that so far - hauling groceries, top soil, bark mulch and sand around. The Rhoades Car really makes a great pick-up truck and a viable motor vehicle replacement.
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