Questions - tyres and towing

[Cynedra]

My son's preschool is a two mile round trip and I occasionally tow him there and have thought about walking him there, but I'm actually afraid "Mr Independent" will try to do it himself so most of the time I drive him.

[hebe]

My son's preschool is a two mile round trip and I occasionally tow him there and have thought about walking him there, but I'm actually afraid "Mr Independent" will try to do it himself so most of the time I drive him.

It's a tough one isn't it? Small Girl could technically walk it, but she is so slow and easily distracted that we'd have to leave 20 minutes earlier. The route is part sidewalk (aka overflow parking for the business units and an unofficial over/undertaking lane ) and part narrow country road with quite a bit of traffic but no sidewalk - so I feel far safer on the bike despite the poor road surface. Two miles on a cold engine is so bad for my car and so fuel-inefficient that I'd really like to cycle it more often.

[Cynedra]

Completely agree, it is tough choice. I do walk older son to his school bus stop. If the bus is on time, we would have just enough time to walk him to school. It is a fairly easy ride and we can make it in plenty of time generally. Neighborhood roads are narrow but little traffic. Big problem is the state road that we have to cross to get to younger son's school. Large semi trucks (walmart distribution center not far away, logging trucks, and rock trucks) use it in addition to all the speeding four wheelers. When he was still small enough to ride on the bike in the child carrier I was taking him on a regular basis but he outgrew it. I'm not sure I can pull him through the grass etc with either trailer.