Living at Home

 We have one car that we drive all over the United States, but, when we are at home, that vehicle never starts.  At home our vehicle for the island is a 1991 Suzuki Carry mini-truck.

This little right-hand drive truck is the perfect island vehicle.  It is 33 years old and has 26,000 miles on it! We use it to: haul our trash and recycling to the dump, go to the post office each day, shop at the store, often more than once each day, travel 100 yards to the bank, ride all around the island and out to the beach. It takes care of all our work!

Our deal is that if I drive, Trish throws all of the garbage into the container at the dump. The little truck is a five-speed manual transmission with right-hand drive. It is also four-wheel drive, a useful thing on the island. 

Each day, if we need to mail something or go to the store, we go out in the morning since the mail goes out at noon. Then in the afternoon, at three, we go: to the dump, to the post office, to the store, on a little ride around the village to see what has happened since yesterday. That may be a total of two or three miles a day. We fill up with gas twice a year!

Why would we want to live anywhere else? Every thing we need is in a half-mile of our house.