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Getting settled into a new house has a lot of challenges when occupants are mobility challenged. The first problem is getting in and out. That problem was initially solved with a wooden ramp in the garage.
Having it in the garage is supposed to allow me to get my wheelchair to and from the car during bad weather. But we’ve got the garage full of stuff from a storage building. We can’t get the car in there right now. We’ll get that sorted when the weather gets cooler. I can still use the ramp to get to the car outside. The only real problem with having a ramp in the garage is that we have a garage door opener that doesn’t work if the electricity goes off.
A few days ago, we found a metal ramp for sale on Craig’s List. My husband and second grandson went to get it. They had to disassemble the ramp at the seller’s house. When they got it to our house, they had lots of help getting it reassembled outside the back door.
I won’t be trapped without electricity anymore. And I won’t have to fight the side gate to get into the back yard. But true to form, every problem solved creates a new problem.
The new ramp has only been installed for two days. But we’ve had a lot of rain this summer. Now I have to mow the ramp…
