In proportion to
size my Jeep rode as good as a Cadillac. So I had to give up leather seats for
cloth ones but my little Jeep could walk up a mountain in nothing flat and keep
up with traffic on a toll road. There was a down side, no room in the back seat
but when it is just the two of us, this was not an issue. I had quite a few
miles on my vehicle and the company discontinued that model. What
do you look for in a vehicle? I wanted something with enough leg room for the
long haul and enough power that I didn’t have to get out and push it up hills.
As I aged, getting in and out became an issue. Trucks with a step up had the
disadvantage that if I got in, how do I get out as the step up was underneath.
Hand holds for pulling up and into the vehicle made it easier. (Not an Oh My
God hand hold either.) Flat floor boards so I didn’t’ have to step up and over
to get in or out. The list grew as I looked for vehicles.
Really
seemed the problem was that I liked what I had but now I needed to change and
change was not coming easy.
Americans love their wheels. They take us where we
want to go. Just stop by and old car
museum and see where we have been. Did you know that
there were RV’s in the teens?
Teens that were
complete with wood cook stoves.
When Hurricane Rita hit, we decided to wait out the
lack of electricity further north. We got on Hwy 171 and headed north
eventually stopping in Winnepeg, Canada.
Do you know there are more sushi bars in Winnepeg than any other place
in North America? Odd since it is very land locked.
Driving through the plains before you reach town, you
notice that the houses are built on a mound just big enough for the house, barn
and a turn around. Seems that when the river floods, the houses are high and
dry. HHHmmm
In the Atlas, Louisiana and Maine are side by side.
Actually it’s quite a distance from Louisiana to Maine, I drove it.
North Dakota people worship the sun being out every
moment they can. It’s not hard to imagine if you hear about the long hard
winters they endure. Eleven o’clock at night and it is still light outside.