Sunset from the front
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| Rocky road at the cabin |
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| Our Bronco II |
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| Escape Hybrid |
We just terminated our plans to visit the Leakey cabin this weekend. A cold front blusters into the area, dropping temperatures for this weekend to the low twenties. As no one’s used the ancient space heater in at least four years, we don’t want to get up there to find there’s no heat. Waiting until next weekend shifts the lows into the upper forties. Even if we have no heat, we’ll manage with warm clothing and the military wool blankets stored up there.
The wonderful part of
now owning an SUV that can tackle the rugged cabin road means we possess a
flexibility that we surrendered about six years ago when our previous SUV
needed extensive and expensive repairs. We purchased a sedan that met our daily
needs with the assurances by my in-laws that they would loan us one of their
high clearance cars or trucks to access our cabin. Those of you who deal with
narcissists know that their offer turned immediately into “strings attached” transactions.
When we borrowed a vehicle from them, we always left our own car for them to
use. This exchange—car for car—was more than other family members did, where
sometimes my in-laws let other friends or family use cars for months.
Each attempt to do a
car swap ended with them changing the loan terms whenever we did the trade. The
last time we tried a switch for a four day weekend, they changed the amount of
time to wanting their car back within twenty-four hours—just because. They didn’t
tell us that, though, until we’d loaded their car with our supplies. I cried
the entire two hour drive. We never borrowed a car again.
For us, having our
Bronco Sport means changing plans impacts only us. Ice and snow or sweltering
summer heat can shift our plans instead of a dependence on the grace of others
who always play a game I never understand.
Copyright 2022 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman
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| Trips whenever we want! |
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