Additions to the Fleet

Since the demise of the Sable, Rural Ways has been a one vehicle operation:  The Chev has done double duty as a family mini-van and a 4x4 work truck.  It has been kind of nice, and has certainly saved some money, but has also become somewhat impractical for managing both job and household.  As a result, we have recently added the 2006 Vue (pictured above) to the fleet.  The car certainly comes with a lot of features and modern conveniences, but it also has 120,000 miles on it.  Of course, the critical question for Rural Ways over the next decade is whether it will be both durable and dependable.  (This is, in fact, the critical question for everything at Rural Ways, including people.)  In any case, the only known problem with the Vue at this time is that, according to my brother-in-law, it is too new and luxurious to fit the Rural Ways lifestyle—it seems out of place in our rugged, back-woods narrative.  This is, I suppose, a valid question, but it ignores the arrival of the Super Duty (pictured below).  Along with our purchase of the Vue, my boss has recently issued me a 3/4 ton 4x4 to use on the job.  Fortunately, the Super Duty is large enough to run over those silly yuppie sport utes if I find them in the woods.