An urban farmer, her second vehicle and a lesson to never say never - The Elkhart Truth (blog)
Patricia Oakley is a church organist and a fiber artist and has lived in Goshen since 1998. At one time she thought she wanted to live on several acres in the country but found out she prefers living in a city where she can walk or bicycle to all... Last year I learned that I should never say “never. For all my adult life, I was fiercely determined to either have no vehicle or to only own one vehicle. I didn’t even get a driver’s license until I was 26 or 27. I lived in cities where I could walk or take public transportation to all the places I wanted to go. When we moved to Goshen, we chose to live in a location where both of us could walk to... We used to own a small pickup truck, a Chevy S-10. It was our only vehicle, perfect for living in the semi-rural neighborhood of north Vashon Island in Washington state. We spent nights in the bed of the truck, hoping to see meteor showers in August and November. We hastily replaced it with a Chevy Suburban, the only vehicle we could quickly find that was large enough to fit all the stuff that had been packed in the S-10. Though the Suburban was disturbingly appealing (it really did ride well), we could... Source: www.elkharttruth.com
