A tribute to The Little bronco

Click the pics of the little Bronco, they may be the last ones you'll ever see.

Boondocking on the Lake at Caballo state Park in New Mexico.

Sadness is a strange way to start a story about selling something I wanted and needed to sell, but that was my predominant feeling.

I sold the little Bronco yesterday afternoon. A price was agreed upon, a deposit changed hands, and it will be loaded up and hauled off to a new home on Thursday. Selling something that needed to be sold is normally a happy time, but selling an RV that I've used through good times and bad is like losing a friend, a sometimes annoying friend, but a friend nonetheless.

To me an RV is like a magic carpet, it takes me places I want to go and like to be, while keeping me warm, dry, and comfortable. So its more than a home, and its more than a vehicle, it's a mixture of both that can take me far from home, and yet no matter how far I go, I'm still home.... It's magic.

As you all know, my only complaint about the little Bronco, after spending a lot of time in it, was the annoyance of having to put the top up and down every time I wanted to run to the store. But that wasn't the little Bronco's fault; I knew that had to be done when I bought it; I just didn't know how fast I would grow tired of dealing with the top.

Going through tough times together can quickly show you if an RV is worth owning. Sharing an afternoon of wind blowing so hard, you wonder if the roof will stay on. Or rain coming down in buckets that should expose every leak, yet everything remains dry. And frosty cold mornings when the heat from the furnace is the only reason I'm able to get out of bed. Yes it's the tough times that cement a relationship, and the little Bronco stood by me during some tough times. And that makes parting, even though necessary, a sad event.

So yes, the little Bronco's almost gone, but it's by no means forgotten, and neither will the times and places we shared. The memories will live on even as new memories are being made... Such is life.

Theboondork

Boondocking at The City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico

Boondocking at Rockhound State Park New Mexico

Boondocking in Tombstone Arizona

Boondocking at Whitewater draw Arizona, watching the Sandhill Cranes.

Whitewater draw Arizona, boondocking area.