Black Friday Ladder

18 foot Gorilla Ladder

Darling daughter decided she needed a ladder and she also decided I should be the one to go pick it up from Home Depot today. I have a ladder I could have lent her, but if I did that, then sure as shootin' something would come up and I would need my ladder back. To forestall that happening I agreed that getting her own ladder would be the right thing to do. As a bonus, me having a ladder on hand reduces the odds of my needing one a hundred fold, which is a very good thing because at my age I probably shouldn't be climbing on ladders at all.

The parking lot at Home Depot was pretty full, but I managed to snag a spot close to where you drive in so I didn't have to spend untold seconds cruising up and down looking for a spot. On the downside, this put me at the opposite end of the building from the ladders, so I got a good little hike in. I took the boss's car on account of I wasn't sure whether the ladder would fit in the trunk of my car. You can see from the pic that it's only about four and a half feet long when it's collapsed and folded. I did have to fold down the back seat to accommodate it, but I could have done that in my car as well. Oh well, better to have extra capacity and not need it than vice versa.

P. S. Amazon sells some Gorilla stuff, but not Gorilla ladders. They do sell similar ladders from another maker.