Hey folks!
It's been far too long since we've updated our blog. In case you've been wondering what we've been up to, here's a little rundown of our summer, fall, and now winter.
A lot changed in the private sphere of Freighty Cat with the arrival of the ultimate trash pick - our dog Bosco. Way back, over memorial Day weekend, the three of us packed up and hit the road for a little bike vacation. We loaded up the Freighty Cat Schooner and the Folk Engineered touring bike with camping equipment, dog food, and some spare clothes... leaving just enough room for our canine passenger. The route had been based solely on the names of towns and their connections with our lives - Brooklyn, Leslie, and Hell. (I swear this order is not autobiographical.) Bosco adjusted quickly to his life in the "flying box" - his milkcrate seat in the cargo bin.
Favorite quote of the trip was at a gas station, when a guy simply asked "What are you... adventurers?"
Since then, it has been a whirlwind of bike rides, new friends, and odd jobs. In the past eight months, if you live in Detroit, chances are that at least one of us has fixed your bicycle, helped you make a terrarium, played music at your favorite bar, ushered you around town on a party bus, taught your kid how to fix a flat, served you food out of an airstream trailer, fixed your bicycle, interviewed your sibling for college, fed you, hung a poster in your business, helped get your kid to an afterschool program, delivered a deli sandwich to your office, and/or fixed your bicycle. Meanwhile, we've been getting used to all the additional workshop space at our new home in Southwest.
Rest assured, Freighty Cat has not been forgotten amid all this activity. While we've been building up our company's nest egg, the Center for Appropriate Transport has been preparing the fixture for our forthcoming Schooner. We now have the space and, very soon, we will have the jig. We've been amassing the necessary equipment gradually. Now, for an epic quest across the country to meet with CAT and return brimming with gear.
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