{"id":6956,"date":"2016-11-21T17:27:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T23:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/?p=6956"},"modified":"2016-11-21T17:27:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T23:27:54","slug":"new-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stardel.com\/fiveacres\/archives\/2016\/11\/21\/new-gig\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gig"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MCSS<\/a><\/p>\n

Today I had my first solo experience driving the Mountain Community Senior Services shuttle. \u00a0I first heard of this service over a year ago, and since I had been looking for a volunteer opportunity, I signed up a few weeks ago. MCSS provides two types of transportation for community seniors: volunteers who drive seniors to appointments in the volunteer’s vehicle, and volunteers who drive the shuttle for what is called the “social” program. For the social program, the shuttle picks up clients at their homes, delivers them to lunch, and then returns them to their homes. \u00a0At present, I am driving once a month.<\/p>\n

I was fortunate that the first woman I picked up today was adept at giving directions, so I didn’t have to rely on the GPS of my telephone. Although I thought I knew northern El Paso County fairly well, I have discovered completely new neighborhoods sheltering\u00a0among the foothills.<\/p>\n

The shuttle was easier to drive than I expected. I had figured it couldn’t be any more difficult than our (no longer existing) horse hauling rig, and I was right. I was amazed about how small\u00a0the Subaru Forester \u00a0seemed when I drove it home afterward.<\/p>\n

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