Walkers, by nature

As walkers, it amazes us how often we are in the possession of a vehicle and still choose to use our feet. Tonight, we have the Honda Odyssey (seriously, my favorite mini van!). Yes, we used it to drive to Wal-mart and Zellers-ish area but we still chose to walk between stores. More than once, we have seen people drive from Wal-mart to Home Depot. A mere few hundred feet away. But we choose to walk. I mean, who would want to waste gas on that? (the funny part, is that we don't even pay for the gas, and still choose to walk!) We also walked from HomeSense/Winners to Home Outfitters to Zellers, still just hundreds of feet away from each other. It takes about the same amount of time to walk or drive, but still people choose to drive. Not us! Perhaps its just something that's ingrained in us. Its kind of an enviromental choice, but more often than not a lifestyle choice. We just love walking. And we've realized that we don't need to be in a park or on a trail to enjoy it.

Side Note: It truly does amaze us how often we are in possession of someone else's vehicle. We just counted it out and we will in July have possession of a car for 15 out of the month's 31 days. (these aren't necessarily full days, but rather evenings or mornings use) It's kinda scary actually. It never seems like we have a car that often, but obviously we do. Yet, we still walk for our Starbucks, instead of driving. And we still choose to walk if we can. The cars often sit idle or are used to visit friends far away or for vacation use and rarely for errands and daily use.