There’s a lot to be said for downsizing and simplifying life. However, it was my extra e-bike that saved Daisy Mae and Moonbeam from damage when we were rearended on our way home on Friday. Without getting into yawny details of how this occurred, let’s just say it was a new driver who didn’t see the massive RB stopped in front of her. The impact felt massive. By that I mean that it sent a cabinet’s worth of precious jars of preserves flying through the RV, and this upended my ever-patient dogs.

I got out to get the other driver’s details and looked for damage on my vehicles including my ebike which was still secure on its rack. In spite of the escalating pain in my neck, nothing else looked damaged. B

ut the front of the car that hit me was damaged pretty bad. I got her details, took some ibuprofen to prevent further inflammation of my neck. And I continued on to get in line for the ferry.

It wasn’t until later that I realized it was only the bike rack that prevented a lot of damage. And I wouldn’t have had it on my Jeep if I didn’t have the extra e-bike that it was carrying. So sometimes stuff is good to have!