From Norway to Boston in a single leap

It's amazing how it all fell into place. We're settled into our Porter Square neighborhood now. This turns out to be the perfect place to start up a no-car business. For one thing, unlike Hamar in Norway, it's pretty flat around here. There's wind though, plenty of it. I hear there's some discussion going on about placing wind turbines out on the coast. I understand they're not the most beautiful things to look at, but you can't have your cake and it eat. Personally, I am in favor of any kind of motor that does not make noise. Bring on the bikes, the sail boats, the row boats, the gliders, the solar panels...

Back to business. We rent warehouse space from City Schemes (22 Kent St., Somerville MA), a popular furniture outlet in the area. They're excellent people and have been real helpful as we've settled into our new digs. Our first container arrived early May, so the warehouse is nicely stocked with beautiful 2010 models.

We quickly grabbed a cargo cab for our own use. I was so happy to be able to haul a week's worth of groceries at once, instead of heading out to the store every day. We also discovered that one Nordic Cab package (36x24x17) fits on top of the cargo cab with a bungee, so we are able to do deliveries with our cargo cab too. Here in the Boston area, we've signed up The Bike Stop on the Minuteman Bikeway and Harris Cyclery in West Newton. They're both family friendly bike shops offering excellent service and quality products. For journeys farther afield we signed up for Zip Car. So far, we've been out to explore Cape Cod where we saw whales, and up to Vermont where we signed on Equipe Sport and Burrows Specialized Sports as dealers. Vermont is beautiful!