The Trailer Hitch

My 'big' gift this Christmas was a home-made trailer hitch for my Mitsubishi Montero. Unlike many useful presents I've received in the past (i.e., guns, fishing poles, etc.), this one I actually asked for. And I'm terribly excited to have it.

I'm a big craigslistser, as you probably know, and there are always things being given away for free if you can come get them NOW. Since Steve not only has the only truck in the family, but also the only hitch, I miss out on a lot.

I also am in the middle of the huge task of cleaning, organizing, and hauling off stuff from our house, yard, and attic. It is possible, I am the only woman in the Austin area that wishes she had a trailer so she could make a run to the metal recyclers.

With the purchase of a small pop-up trailer recently, I have yet another reason to use a hitch. To get away.

All this being said, I am very happy with my present. But when people ask what I got for Christmas and I tell them, everyone laughs.

Until last night. New Years Eve I spent with a bunch of small-town native Texans that LOVED my new hitch and thought it was an awesome present. We even had a demonstration of it's towing capacities when I got stuck in the mud and had to be winched out.

Yep, I love my hitch.

(And my new friends aren't bad either.)