Since we've been returning from retirement winters a dozen years already, we are quite familiar with what we have to do when getting home. There is an internalized check list and we've started checking off the items one by one. One of the very first things I always need to do is buy insurance for the car. I purchase only eight months of coverage as that is how long until we leave for an overseas hotspot again. Unfortunately, I could not drive to accomplish that chore as I didn't have insurance on the vehicle. Doh!
The weather was wet. I guess we're having a late atmospheric river, as these rainy systems are called here. I took the SkyTrain to the next station and walked to the Westland Insurance branch in Columbia Square. I hat my rain hat and umbrella. It's only 600 meters from the station.
After getting EV insured, we took it to buy groceries. The Kona had an 82% charge, exactly the same as when we left it in October. The tires were a little down. I've noticed that during winters away, the pressure always falls a few PSI. They are the low-rolling resistance type that generally have a pressure of 36 psi. It was too wet during our drive for me to consider stopping for that. It's a chore done on a fair weather day.