Day 1

Here we go!… last night dropped off our leased vehicle of 39 months with some trepidation and joy and grabbed an Uber home.

I say “joy” as the old joke that driving our Italian designed car was like dating an emotional high-strung Latin drama queen more than held true for me. The vehicle’s quirky electronics, being left stranded at the side of the road one dark stormy night and numerous trips to the garage left a simmering hatred for that car despite the odometer reading just over 25,000 miles as it was finally turned in to the auto dealer.

I also say “trepidation” as this is my first time in 20 years being “car-less”. I’ve had a car since I was 16 and it’s part of my life fabric having grown up in a rural area where if you didn’t have a car, you didn’t have a social life. However, now with Seattle’s numerous alternatives to owning a car proliferating… bike-share, ride-share, car-share, Uber, Lyft and of course Metro… why wouldn’t we at least try to see if we could live without a car?

And we’re off!…