Grocery Shopping: How we do it without a car.

People often ask us, "How do you do it?" in the context of living without a car. Well, folks! Here's a glimpse into the illusive world of car-free living. It takes a little bit of hard work. A lot of sweat, tears and the odd swear word. But eventually, you make it. Sometimes cursing yourself for buying so many groceries in the first place.
Dan: I mean, who really needs to eat that much?
Amanda: Well, we do, after hauling it all home!
Now you may say to yourself, that cart doesn't look all that full and she's only carrying three bags of groceries! How hard could that be? Well, little do you know that the cart, full of groceries, weighs upwards of 100lbs that we had to haul up two very large hills! And Amanda is carrying another 40lbs divided between three bags! Folks! It gets heavy and cumbersome. But, we continue to do it.
Why?
We are stubbornly bound and determined to make it as long as we can without a vehicle.
Again, Why?
We don't really know. Perhaps, we trauma block these incidents. Okay, really. We rarely do such large trips anymore. We've gotten a bit smarter in our old age and have begun to take weekly trips to the grocery store. This lightens the load a bit....okay, a lot.
So, how do we do it? We put one foot in front of the other with a bag in each hand, and a heave-ho on the cart handle. Somehow we make it home, with a (slight) smile on our face!