Another horse in the stable

Some of you are aware that we're in the middle of planning a cross-country vacation this fall to see some dear friends and relatives that are just too far away to visit often.  We've gone through several ideas already and will probably exhaust many others before the time comes (September).     We've considered driving the whole trip or flying between all our visiting points.  Everyone has invited us to stay in their house rather than a hotel and we've considered that as well as staying only in hotels.  However, one thing became very clear early on:  My mobility problem is going to be a problem no matter how accommodating our guests are or which transportation method we use.  I don't want Carolyn pushing me in a wheelchair and my power chair doesn't transfer well.  Sooo............. this is a long introduction to the newest horse in the Loveridge stable:

Sorry, the horse I'm talking about has four wheels, not two legs.

Last weekend, Carolyn and I went out looking for something that could easily transport me in homes and tourist areas while at the same time being itself easy to transport.  We saw big wheelchairs, little wheelchairs, big scooters, little scooters.  And finally settled on something like this.  But a new scooter was in the range of $2,000 so we told the very nice salesman that we didn't need a scooter for a couple of months and would like to use that time to see if any used machines came on the market.  He assured us that it happened rarely but certainly happened.

Two days later the store manager called to say that coincidentally a scooter was just turned in that matched our needs perfectly at a price that was 40% off new.  We didn't know if this was a month-end bargain or not.  Doesn't matter now.

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Carolyn and I together can lift Big Red into our van or Highlander without taking it apart.  But it's really no trouble splitting it into pieces, each of which weighs 40 pounds or less.  And the pieces will usually fit in the trunk.  It doesn't need a van.  

Welcome home, Big Red.