Yes that’s why we live in temperate Cottonwood! Haha
A few years ago I was in meetings in San Francisco. It was early February and my wife was absolutely starting to LOSE it in Wisconsin, so I said “hey babe, meet me in Tucson - we’ll do a long weekend at the Ritz.” Half way there my flight from SFO gets turned around because of snow on the ground in Phoenix and Tucson, and of course they have no equipment to clear the runways. Finally made it to Phoenix and had to drive to meet up with her in Tucson, and passed a bunch of sad, muddy little snowmen that the Arizona kids had made earlier that day. Was probably the greatest day of their lives.Yes that’s why we live in temperate Cottonwood! Haha
All my grandparents lived in Rapids! I went there so much as a kid. I can still remember the smell of that manufacturing plant as you drive into the town. I think it was a paper plant…? And wasn’t the family who owned it the Moody(s)? I think they had a little island on the river or something. I was fascinated by that family when I was a kid bc they seemed like a family people talked about but no one ever saw. It was a childhood vibe where I felt they should have lived up on a hill in a gothic mansion, like feudal lords lol!My wife and I relocated to Wisc. Rapids in 1988 for a one year assignment and ended up staying there until 2022.
She slipped on the ice in our driveway in 2018 and had a severe wrist break that took surgery and nine months to recover from. After that she never trusted winter there again. We drove all around out west to decide where to retire to with one daughter in Seattle and one in Phoenix. The Southwest won out because of the sunshine as we would have 90 days without it in the Wisc. winters.
But we chose to move up the mountains to have milder summers.
Never been happier.
More to share.That’s right it was the Mead family! That’s sad the plant to an end. What a loss economically!
I always wondered what the mansion on the island was like bc I love historical architecture and I think that house was older. And as I recall, it was totally obscured by the pines around it, which gave it even more mystique.
Zubrowka, world famous vodka. Banned in the US for many years, now allowed.I hadn't gotten around to posting that, but we've got it in the states and it's my go-to vodka.
Who makes the drawer system you have in the photo?Okay I surrender, I succumbed to the opportunity of the side bins being available for free thanks to some Visa Points Credits I got from Amazon. So anything I ordered was free. I ordered the right and left baskets on Amazon. The right one fitted like a glove and the screw holes aligned and it went in flawlessly and is a big win.
The left one not so much so. I realized that the shape of the left model did not fit the contour of the left side of the cargo area and the bolt holes didn’t align. I returned it to Amazon and got a full refund on it.
I have since realized on Amazon that it calls out how if you have a trim door design like mine then it is not going to fit?
I may have this extra left hand bin available in the future if they don’t want it back.
Truck Vault. It’s in my post about it in the Interior Page.Who makes the drawer system you have in the photo?