There’s a lot to be said for downsizing and simplifying life. However, it was my extra e-bike that saved my RV (and Moonbeam the Jeep) from damage from an accident. We were rear-ended in an RV accident on our way home. Without getting into yawny details of how this occurred, let’s just say we had an accident. A young woman, who was new driver didn’t see the massive Class A RV and Jeep stopped at the intersection in front of her. The impact felt massive. By that I mean that it sent with 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, which were involved in the RV accident, including my e-bike which was still secure on its rack. In spite of the escalating pain in my neck, nothing else looked damaged.

But the front of the car that hit me was damaged pretty bad due to the RV accident. 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. Anyway, ICBC insurance will presumably cover any damages in any case due to the RV accident. So maybe sometimes too much stuff is good to have!