Dear Glenn, Loren, schlepcar, John and fans of mid-60s
"Christmas tree haulers" . . . . . . .
Here is a Christmas card from me and my trusty wagon:
For those who might worry that I would have actually used my wagon to haul our Christmas tree, worry not! I just used the Christmas tree lot as a backdrop for the photo!
Still, I’ve been wondering how many Christmas trees my trusty wagon has had to haul in her life. From 1968 to 1986, she was the only car in the house that could carry a Christmas tree, so that's 18 trees right there.. After that we had a second wagon, but since it was in much better condition, I believe Biquette would have gotten the dirty deed most of the time. So until 1996 she should have carried probably around 8 of the 10 trees. After 1996 I was living in San Diego until 2001, so Biquette was spared Christmas tree duty.. She should have carried trees for 2002 and 2003 before I moved up to Seattle in 2004. In Seattle I bought an artificial tree that now does the job. So in total Biquette carried around 28 trees for us and might have carried the trees for her previous owner in 1965-67.
So if you had any doubts . . . .
Yeah, she really earned her keep!
Merry Christmas everybody!Cheers, Edouard
