The set-up: Wife is late returning videos to Blockbuster. They need to be returned NOW! The store is .7 miles from home. What to do? Hop in the car and speed on over? Of course not. Blockbuster is within my 1-mile circle — the 1-mile Solution.
Here’s the route from MapMyRide:
This is an easy ride over residential streets. Zoom the map out and see just how many people can get to Blockbuster on foot or by bicycle. Yet there are always plenty of cars in the parking lot.
Traffic: Cross one secondary north-south artery (Fremont); 5 stop signs.
Elapsed time: Round trip in 13 minutes.
Weather: Sunny; 47 degrees.
Now I’m heading downtown to hang at the Mudhouse and grade papers. Distance: 2.5 miles.