After the computer was set up and I had all my work applications installed, the second priority I made for being here was to buy a bike. Joelle bikes a bit, and in Tempe it is very easy to get pretty much wherever you want on bicycle. We did not want to pay retail, so we checked Facebook marketplace and found a brand I had been looking at for 180 bucks.
Drove on over into a predominantly hispanic neighborhood in Phoenix, checked it out, and bargained them (Joelle did I never would have thought to) down to 160 bucks.
It’s a Desoto like this, but probably a decade or so older:
I’m going to get new tires, have it serviced, get a bright lamp and taillight, and then I can do a deep clean of my car and hers and basically they can stay that way until we need to go someplace special that requires a car. I love the basket on the back which is big enough to carry anything I might get when out.
See y’all in the NYE zoom in a bit.