Why I own a garage
November 2, 2009
We have already had a little preview of the cold months ahead – even cold enough in October to break a pipe on my sprinkler system. Despite the recent beautiful days, we all know that Old Man Winter is about to strike again. Most mornings have been cold enough to require scraping ice on my windshield. So, it is time to clear out the garage.
The house I grew up in had no garage, so my mom and dad, and later all of us kids, scraped thick ice off February windshields. All our neighbors had garages, and my dad always planned on building one but just never got around to it. I swore that my wife and I would park our cars in the garage, and we do every winter.
So here’s the rant: Why don’t more people do that? My neighbor man is a single guy who owns one small truck and a large two-car garage, yet he will certainly scrape his windows every day for the next 5 months, just like he has for the past 15 years.
For goodness sake, take a weekend, park a dumpster in front of your house, and clean that garage out – if not for you, than at least one stall for your wife. Winter is harsh in Colorado, enjoy a clean windshield and warmer car each morning.