Last week my beautiful Honda Helix was purchased by a very happy young man. His wife said that he had been looking for one for some time. He was so worried that someone would offer me money before he could get here to pick it up, that he and his wife took off work to come and get it. They both live in Phoenix so he had a nice long ride after he bought it. I'm so happy for him and sad for me. But that is the way life goes sometimes.
On the other hand we bought a used golf cart with some of the money from the sale of my bike. For months we had been looking and many times just really didn't think one would be of benefit. And most were way more than what we would pay. Saturday Mark found one that looked so nice and was at a price that was affordable. So we made a lower offer than the asking price and the young man took our offer, AND, he threw in 4 more tires, rims, hubcaps and had new batteries in it as well. Newer batteries was a biggie because needing 6 or 8 batteries is very costly. The tires on the cart we very good too. So many carts we looked at had old batteries, none, or the cart was very expensive.
So off to the U-haul dealer we go to rent a trailer to bring the golf cart home. They had one left which we thought would be too big but we needed it anyway. That done we had to get cable and locks to keep some naughty person from stealing the cart. They are a high theft item when not locked up. Sunday morning we loaded up some munchies, water, and Lola and headed to California to get our first golf car. What? California? Well it was only a 154 mile trip. We live on the border of California and Mexico. So going into either state is not a long trip. Oh and the trailer was none too big. Our cart is longer than the E Z Go Carts. The cart has a nice front trunk, two coolers in the back and will hold two laundry baskets perfectly.
On the way we were amazed at how many Date orchards there were. Never had we thought that Cali was also a big producer of Dates. We knew that AZ was. In some cases the groves meandered into neighborhoods and dooryards. What an amazing sight. We had never been that far into California, so it was a fun ride.
We got home in plenty of time to not be charged an extra day on the trailer. Once home we unloaded our bladders and then the trailer. After Mark took the trailer back we headed for someplace to eat. We hadn't eaten all day and were very hungry, as was Lola. Snacks just aren't substantial foods I guess. 😏
After our tummies were filled Mark decided to wash the cart and all the carpets. It was really dirty. The wash job showed that it needs a good buffing and wax job. So if the weather permits Mark would like to do that today. Anyway, it was fun driving Arnold around the park. Mark beamed every time someone made the comment of how awesome or cool the golf cart was. He was quick to tell them all that it was my cart. How sweet, when to me it's our cart. Who's Arnold you ask? I name everything. Arnold is the golf cart, Shelby is our Smartcar.
The golf cart will really come in handy when one of us has the car and we need to go to the office, laundry room, pick up mail or whatever, or to not have to start up and let the car warm up before going to any one of those places. Tomorrow I will use it go to to the laundry because Mark will have the car. Heck, I may even check the mail more often now too. 😃
Many of the residents drive their carts around the park in the evening just to ride around or visit with others outside. They call it toodeling. LOL So that is what we did last night, we went toodeling around the park. What a fun way to get around the park.
Long story short, we are happy that we decided to purchase a golf cart.
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