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Friday 3:25pm EST, we are the proud (if that descibes the ecstatic, breath holding, love affair that we have after only seeing her once in the shop) owners of our very own Stella Mobilette. She arrived in a bit of a downpour, but not enough of one to stop us from taking a few shots as she rolled off of the truck – ok and a few more with my helmet on.

Joanne was kind enough to let me run skipping from the library to greet Stella, despite the fact that she had just rolled up with a brand new blue kayak on the top of her car – Happy Graduation from Richard. Rhinecliff is set to take the world by storm – by land or sea/river.

Couldn’t write yesterday, way too busy, well just admiring her, as our neighbors will attest. We did finally start her up and Sean took Nancy and I for a few spins around the neighborhood – video and still shots to follow. Stella Mobilette is even keener than we thought she’d be. Thanks for all of the well wishing from friends and family. Just letting everyone know that if you see us zipping along and we don’t appear to acknowledge you, it’s just that we’re afraid to shift too much and go crashing out of control!

Yes, we’re completely in love!

After almost a year of pondering, we finally gave in and accepted that we had been seduced by more than Stella’s promise of 90 miles per gallon – we thought that she was cute!

Sean and I are the proud owners (or will be as soon as our new mobilette arrives) of a tangerine Stella scooter. We decided that we could no longer justify the gas costs just to drive into Rhinebeck to go to a town meeting, or to bop to the movies. (We haven’t gone overly politically correct, we do still have the Kia and will probably squabble over who gets to drive the car on cold rainy days).

A big thank you to Julie at Scooter Centrale in Plainville, CT. They have a lovely showroom with people who seem to care equally about scooters and customers.

More info to follow with pictures of our new family member as soon as the big day arrives.