How to Haul Home a Christmas Tree in a Sports Car

 

Photo by (c) Wednesday Elf

Our first Christmas since retiring was fast approaching when we realized that part of our retirement downsizing and moving included getting rid of the 7-passenger VW Van we'd used for years while the children were growing up.  We had decided to just go with Bob's 2-seater Austin-Healey kit car sports car.

Since our Christmas Trees were usually a live tree around 6 feet tall, without a van or a pick up, how were we now to get this tree home?

Bob said to leave it to him (my master problem-solver) and off he went to town to choose a tree. The tree he selected was wrapped in plastic, which helped eliminate too many pine needles in the car. It also kept the breezes generated by driving down the highway from 'lifting' the branches of the tree that might have caused it to 'take flight'.

Photo by (c) Wednesday Elf

You see, our little sports car was a convertible. Bob simply put the top down, put the tree in the passenger seat, tied it down with some rope, and successfully transported it home.

Problem solved! And, yes, he DID receive some pretty funny stares and shouted comments from fellow drivers on the road. Naturally we had to take pictures, since no one would believe how we got that tree home!

Photo by (c) Wednesday Elf

Written by Wednesday-Elf on 12/15/2013 on another site no longer published.  Updated on 12/18/2020

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