As you may have figured out, the food truck is our only means
of transportation this summer. I
just don’t picture The Carmalts rolling up to a restaurant and asking someone
to valet the beast (plus that may be illegal), nor can I imagine parallel
parking on a busy city street when we want to go to dinner or run a quick
errand. Although the stares,
comments and questions we get when we arrive somewhere in this thing are
delightful; at 26’ long x 9’ wide x 10’3” high, the size can be a bit of a
hassle. Cabs can get expensive,
and walking can be a slow venture, THUS the need for some bicycles!
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| Luke's New Ride |
Low and behold, the latest and greatest addition to the food
truck. After walking about 8 miles
to see the Old Mill District and Downtown Bend, visit breweries, walk through
Drake Park and walk along Deschutes River, we seriously considered the need to
buy some used bikes for the remainder of the tour. We had scratched the plan to get bikes after a long and busy
week in Seattle, and a concern about space available in the back of the truck. However, once we unloaded our 1,400+ bananas
in Seattle along with boxes of other goodies – space didn’t seem to be as much
of an issue. So while in Bend, we
bit the bullet and bought these beautiful bikes!!
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| Leah's New Ride |
These beauties didn’t set us back much, and were much needed
to get us through this summer without sore feet and worn out shoes. Plus, they fit nicely in the aisle of
the food truck and can easily be bungeed to the prep table when we are in
motion so we don’t lose them out the back of the truck on our long hauls!
I think (and hope) these will come in handy all summer, but
for the time being, we are super excited about this new addition to our tour
this summer.
OH YES - Another addition:
Bobby the Banana in inflatable form also managed to make it onto the truck. He stands on his own and is about two feet tall. I can only imagine with that big grin and widespread arms he must be thinking, (high, squeaky voice) "I love you thisssssss much!"
Peel the Love Bobby.
Bobby is a lovely addition to your subtle truck ! Bikes a great idea too.
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