This morning before Elllie’s party we picked up our rental car for the trip up to Seattle. We needed to take this trip to pick up the keys to our new home and prep it for the move in several weeks. Painting and building some furniture is a lot easier to do when the house is empty. 

When the party was over, presents had been opened and Abby and Ellie had been dropped off at Grandpa and Nana’s, we loaded up said rental and hit the road. Our hope was to make it as far as we could through the Central Valley before stopping for the night. At a stop for gas near Tejon Ranch I opened the trunk to get something out of my suitcase and noticed this little gem. Seriously??!!  Yes I am aware of what its for and why, but really? Are we to that point in our society where we need to equip our vehicles with something like this? I laughed about this for about an hour after. Yikes! I will mention though that its a car that I can imagine being popular with mafia types. Just Sayin’…