One of the things that most excited me about our new neighborhood is that we would be less than 10 minutes away from an everyday grocery store. Since we've been here, we've been able to walk to the store a couple times and haven't had to make any special driving trips to a grocery store.
There are a lot of people that live in this area, so it's common to see other people walking to and from the grocery store. So far we haven't wanted to purchase a lot of heavy things, so we've been able to evenly distribute our groceries across the bags we carry to make it pretty easy to carry them for the 7 minutes back to our apartment.
One nice thing is that there are no traffic lights or major roads that separate us from the grocery store. In our old neighborhood we were fairly close to a Whole Foods, but it just felt farther away because of the busy streets, hills, and the environment of the walk.
We don't yet have a good plan for what to do next time Dr Pepper is on sale because we're not equipped to carry a lot of heavy stuff. We realize that we may have to walk to the store more often since we can't carry as much at a time, but right now that doesn't seem like it'll be a problem.
We moved to Seattle in February 2008 and shared blog posts and photos during our first few years in Seattle.
- Troy & Lesley H
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Walking to the Grocery Store
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We have to be careful that our bags are filled evenly. For example it would be bad if our milk and heavy cans were all in one bag. Distributing the weight is important.
I thought it was interesting that this past Saturday the checker asked if we'd be walking home with our groceries. I assume he was asking so that he could help us fill the bags evenly. Never been asked that particular question at the grocery store.
Our grocery store is pretty close, but there's so many obstacles between us and it. Namely, the apartment gates and the traffic on Mopac. It's great that you're getting to walk to the store! I hope you can find a convenient way to carry your larger items. Maybe a backpack?
I'm envious.
They sell little cart things that you can load heavy things in and push in front of you. Not sure if we'll do that.
Would backpacks be feasible?
I have seen people pulling wagons with groceries from the store. That might reduce the lifting and carrying.
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