Stimulating the Economy

Mel and I did our share of stimulating the economy tonight when we went to the bike shop. We had dropped both of our bikes off there a couple of weeks ago for tune-ups. In addition, we had planned on having some repairs done on Mel's bike including re-spoking the rear wheel and replacing the chain. As it turned out, my bike needed a new gear shift lever. But even with all of this, we didn't feel we would be doing our part to bring the country out of its recession, so we also bought a Burley d'lite trailer for our bikes so we can take Emma on bike rides with us. That should really aid us in training for RAGBRAI since we won't have to find someone to babysit her. Of course, there will be times when we still will leave her with someone so we can ride without the extra weight of the Burley and with the better maneuverability we will have without it. Of course, we haven't actually received the tax rebate that we will be using for this purchase yet, but we should receive it May 2 which is before the bill will be due for the credit card with which I made the purchase.