My new All-Terrain

No,  it's not a Cadillac. It's more like a really expensive--almost top-of-the-line--Jeep, a Grand Cherokee with none of the extras. They call it, in fact, an all-terrain vehicle, honestly, because it's supposedly able to drive through gravel and grass, through all sorts of things where ordinary vehicles dare not enter.

I tried it once. I haven't been in the basement of our country place since the flood, after my son pointer-fingered-ly made it clear I wasn't to chance the stairs anymore. He'd seen enough of my indisposed carriage. I made it around back with my new buggy. Couldn't have done it with the old cheapy.

For more than a year, when I wasn't wheelchair-bound, I used a lightweight walker with little wheels out front and tiny water skis on back. Worked well for accessibility, but it lacked more than a little for convenience. This new vehicle has its own knapsack, including a pocket for my phone. It rides like its on a cloud, and has but one impediment for new drivers--like a bad dog, it'll take off on you if you're not careful. It's easy to take along, but it's not a compact car. It'll eat up a goodly chunk of what you have behind the front seat.

Seriously, whoever sells these things calls it an "All-Terrain" vehicle--look it up if you don't believe me. Why right now all our neighboring seniors are at coffee, telling each other that they saw that new guy from #37 cruising the neighborhood in an All-Terrain vehicle, and they'd be right in going upper case.

I like it. I don't love it because I'd love nothing better than to get rid of it and walk away on my own. But it's a cruiser and a long shot better than the old buzzard with miniature water skis on its back legs.

It's made in China, so I can't help wondering whether the people who put it together over there are getting a break on you-kn0w-who's brilliant tariffs. Apple does, I know, and my guess is if you take another look at the inauguration party in DC for the coronation in January, you'd find a few other billionaires whose roots are set with favored terrif status--for 90 days anyway.

But then, don't  hold your breath. Who knows where our fearless leader will go next?

I didn't see the list of supplicants he's blessed with grace. But I'm betting against the All-Terrain folks. Acts of mercy are not in our Pres's arsenal.

Get yours fast.