It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... commuter?  It's a bird!
It's a plane! It's a ... commuter? »Play Video  PORTLAND, Ore. -
A St. John's man isn't letting the rising cost of living get him
down.  In fact, Gabe Evans is headed up - commuting to work from
the skies near his home to Scapoose.  It's called "para-
commuting," and it sure beats sitting in traffic and getting
hammered by high gas prices.  You certainly need the right gear,
along with a sense of adventure.  But Evans (pictured at
right) said para-commuting is a do-able way to get to work – and
he proved it this past week. (Read his blog)  Inspired by his
love of paragliding and paramotoring, he flew to work. His
buddies there thought it was a joke until they saw the parked
paramotor pack.  "I parked it in my normal parking spot the
first time I did it," he said. "Later on that day when I
launched and left them there to work, they knew I wasn't
kidding."  His motivation? "I don't like roads," he said. "The
money and the time that we waste on roads i