I suppose some of the deeper meaning you feel comes from having to plan better. Which I feel makes what you are doing more efficient and less impulsive. For instance, last Monday Jody and I rode our bikes into town to run some errands, including grocery shopping. Before we began our adventure (how often can you call it that when you’re driving a car?) we made a plan to minimize running around, put together a shopping list, borrowed a bike trailer from The Trailhead and dressed appropriately for a 16 mile round trip. We knew what we had to do and we set to it. Everything we set out to do went according to plan, including the all important quality time relaxing together. Small occurrences made things more interesting than an all consumptive drive into town, such as the massive herd of elk out by our house and a minor mechanical issue that nearly sent Jody over the handlebars (fortunately a bike mechanic was close by). By the time we made it back up the hill and back home we had filled most of our day touring up and down the north end of the valley feeling very self sufficient with our trailer full of a weeks worth of groceries and not a cent spent on carbon rich fuel! And that's all a great feeling!!
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