Chambers Family

My dream is to live somewhere close to our church, the library, the kids school, and the grocery store. I would walk or bike to all these places and never use a car. This place exists in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kirksville Mo was a good one too. For 3 years we only had 1 car. Brad walked, biked or rode the bus or trax to the U and work for 2 years. He walked everyday to med school even in below 0 temps.  Let's just say, we're not afraid of public transit or "working" to get where we need to go. I even road my bike to my teaching job out in Copper Hills. A mere 16 miles each way. I can tell you, once I did that, and ran a marathon, I was thought to be a little "extreme". Once I decided to ride the bus to the big UEA conference downtown Salt Lake. Little did I know the reason for said conference is to get free things. Like free textbooks. Here I am, hauling my textbooks on the bus afterward. Brad and I both grew up with dad's who rode the bus and embraced it. So, it's safe to say i'm a parent who wants to teach her kids about  protecting the environment in any little way we can. And embracing a healthy lifestyle. Enter...our bus adventure.

We live right where the bus drops people off. Ezra loves seeing the big bus stop, though rarely does anyone get off, and Chloe asks to ride it all the time. So, as I am the parent of "making-dreams-come-true!" We went on a bus adventure. I researched our little route (30 minutes) got the pick up time, and then we waited. I had no excuse because the weather has been gorgeous and the baby is still safely inside me. 

Little did I know that the day we chose to ride the bus was Rosa Park's day. February 4th. We got on and there was a white sheet of paper covering one of the front seats and it said, "reserved for Ms. Rosa Parks." 

I gave Bluebird the camera for part of the way just to see what she'd take pictures of. And, you can bet we moved around from seat to seat to seat. $1 well spent.