making a difference

Today I learned that it takes about 4 1/2 hours to drive from the east side of Tucson to one of the forest service campgrounds east of Payson, which is northeast of Phoenix. I learned that because my husband, a friend of ours, and another friend's pickup truck had to go rescue the lady who's lived in her car for 25 years by towing her car to Tucson, where it can be repaired. (We don't care if there is a repair place in Phoenix. We don't go to Phoenix if there's any way to avoid it.) The EI community is not large, but when one of its number gets in trouble, it can usually rouse itself enough to go bail them out, as long as it doesn't cost too much or involve letting anybody into your own personal house.

So today we say thanks to the friend who went along, the pickup-owner friend, and the friend who owns the driveway where the lady is parked. The driveway owner gets extra special thanks because even though the lady's arrival was expected, it still appeared that the actual event brought all the joy of a sucker punch to the gut.