zero waste home adventures: 3 months strong

before we left on our bike tour this past may, we had a mad load of things to do that we waited to do until the last hours of the day. one of those things included a visit to the disposal site (aka: dump). 

you guys, with our zero waste efforts, we were able to go for THREE MONTHS without taking out our trash! originally, i was aiming to double our first feat of one month without taking out the trash, so going for three months was a pleasant surprise. our next challenge is to go six months without having to take out our waste! *gulp*

the dark mystery man pictured here is samuel. i told him to smile holding our bag of waste, late at night in the freezing cold (i think there were snow flurries earlier), before we had to drive one hour to bozeman where we'd sleep for a couple hours before heading to the airport. please remind me not to procrastinate next time. but huzzah for minimizing waste!

intermission: little tricks

i want to interrupt the daily update with a few things i've been doing along the way to make bike touring life even better. 

1. reduce a wire mess by using a toilet paper roll!

2. dry your socks on your brakes (while riding)!

3. air dry your underwear on your rear pannier (and give people a show!)

4. buy cheese that comes on a little piece of wood, then reuse it as your cutting board over and over!

5. bring your own containers and baggies and ask the deli people to put the food directly in. no fussing with trash!