Mrs. P in the north Georgia Mountains. August 2, 2009.
I’m sure Betsy and I will have quite a bit to say about our trip to Florida in the days ahead, but now I want to tell you about the unsung partner in all our travels. There’s a lot of talk about clunkers nowadays, but our Prius — Mrs. P — is definitely not a clunker.
We got Mrs. P in February, 2005. Since then we have traveled many miles — some of them on interstates and some on less-well maintained roads. Mrs. P has successfully traveled along snow-covered forest service dirt roads in the mountains and successfully gotten over and through wash-outs that turned back jeeps.
Last Sunday we were in the mountains of north Georgia searching for some waterfalls. We knew there was a stream with two waterfalls on them about two miles from a ranger station. The sign in the photo above (enlarge the picture to read it more clearly) was on the opposite side of the road from the station.
Mrs. P handled the road with no problems. I just could not resist taking this picture on our way back. I wonder where Mrs. P will take us next?
Senior Moments 
August 10, 2009 at 5:38 am |
That’s great you little car handles so well on all your travels. I can’t imagine how many miles you all have proably put on your car just in the last year alone. At least gas prices are lower and I am sure that helps a lot.
August 10, 2009 at 5:50 am |
Mrs. P sounds like a very brave little car! Our Northern Virginia area is beginning to look like Prius Central – seems like every other car you see is one of those.
August 10, 2009 at 7:43 am |
So nice to have reliable car and one that you love! 🙂
August 10, 2009 at 9:05 am |
I’d say from that reflection in the door panel that Mrs. P is also well taken care of!
August 10, 2009 at 9:29 am |
A good ‘Friend’ like Mrs.P is priceless.
August 10, 2009 at 9:39 am |
Toyotas are great! I have a very old Corolla that is very reliable. And if cars could think…mine would probably wonder if I think it’s a jeep. I’ve explored a lot of these Tennessee unpaved, hilly and rutty roads in it.
August 10, 2009 at 11:05 am |
Mrs. P is definitely a keeper!
August 10, 2009 at 11:41 am |
We too have a toyota camry. It has almost 200,000 miles on it and still going strong.
August 10, 2009 at 12:45 pm |
What kind of gas mileage does it get? It has to be really good, cuz it’s a small car. I have a Kid Optima & Kia’s don’t get as good gas mileage as they say – mine gets about 24-25 miles to a gallon, which is NOT GOOD for how small it is. Oh well – I may look into getting a Prius next time. Thanks
August 10, 2009 at 1:37 pm |
George, Your tribute to Mrs P is great! 🙂 I know your Betsy appreciates what a wonderful partner she has in you. How could she not have enjoyed such a perfect birthday outing?
August 10, 2009 at 2:55 pm |
George: What a great ad for Toyota.
August 10, 2009 at 3:20 pm |
You are great travelers. All of you. Mountains, lakes, waterfalls….. you live a great life. Hope you had great time on your vacations to Florida.
August 10, 2009 at 3:39 pm |
What would you do without MreP and your camera George, = no fantastic shots.
August 10, 2009 at 3:49 pm |
Another Camry owner here…well former owner. We sold it to my husband’s cousin at 150,000 miles and it is still going strong. I cannot even think how many Camrys Neal has owned.
We have a Rav4 now and love it….
I have talked to other Prius owners and they have all loved their vehicle. I won’t say I loved the Camry, but I loved its dependableness. I prefer to sit up higher.
Oh, I also wanted to thank you for personally responding to my blog post today.
August 10, 2009 at 8:24 pm |
Welcome back George..You and Betsy were missed. I would love to get a Prius, but my older Camry will have to go a bit longer…Glad you had a safe and happy trip…Michelle
August 11, 2009 at 12:19 pm |
Don’t we just love our cars. My friend Deena and I have taken many a perilous trip in her car—’96 Dodge Neon and it has taken us over many a logging trail, up to fire lookouts and down to the ocean. Never protesting—he just knows he can get the job done. Her car is a HE named Milo. MB