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That's M-E-R-E-L-L-D-C-O-C-O-C-O-O-T-C-O-O-T-O-T-O-T-O-T-O-T-T-T-T I'm Gail Strav and you're listening to She Explores.

How are you doing today?

I'm fine. I'm a little tired.

Why are you tired?

So this whole week I been taking public transit as a way of like, you know, being more sustainable, eco-friendly type of thing and be less

dependent on my car so I decided to take the bus for the whole week. I've been walking a lot that's what's been

tiring is that I've been walking a lot. I think I've probably walked like 20 miles

this week. Wow. Because it's been like walking to the bus station, getting on, and then for most of my days I have two locations I have to go to, so I have a morning garden and an afternoon garden.

So I have to take the bus three times a day

instead of twice a day.

So it's been a lot of walking.

Wow.

What spurred you wanting to change your transportation style this week?

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