Partners in Adventure

Feeling like kids again! My husband and I were giddy with delight driving away in our new (used) Jeep! We had tons of things to do- grocery shopping, finalizing my syllabus for fall semester, laundry- but it seemed appropriate to let it all wait and take the jeep for a spin. So instead we went out to lunch. We were celebrating!

We've been talking about getting a Wrangler for months. A weekend car if you will. Our son is graduating this year, and we have no small children. The Wrangler was just the vehicle to compliment our love for the outdoors and sense of adventure. However, we weren't in the market for a new car, at least not until a recent set of circumstances occurred. 

Off we went Saturday, shopping from the Internet to Naples. We got poured on, bitten up by bugs, and sweat down to our underwear. But we did our duty. Started in one spot, and checked out everything from major dealers to used car lots. We knew we wouldn't buy new. We started the day at Galeana where we bought and have always serviced our Jeep Liberty, and by the time we called it quits that evening, we knew we'd be back there in the morning. That's happened to us a few times. Shop cars all day, only to end up at the first dealer we visited at the start.

When all was said and done, we drove away at around lunch time in our Jeep. My husband and I were smiling from ear to ear. I never felt this way about any new car I'd gotten, not even my first one (it was a beater!). Our life together has been quite an adventure. We've done a lot of things together we may never had done individually- like our recent zip lining adventure for one! It sounds silly, but this Jeep felt like the symbol of even more to come. Through our giggles, we chatted, recognizing we are getting to a new phase in our life together. Our son is graduating this year, and we are going to be empty nesters. We'll miss him terribly, but we know he'll never stray too far.

In the meantime, it'll be back to just the two of us, the way it was 18 years ago. Only now we're a lot older, and quite a bit wiser. We can go where we want, eat what we want, and drive there with the fresh air blowing through our hair!