In the past decade, on any given day in the peaceful environs of Grant Park, you might have seen a sturdy workhorse of a man driving his faithful Jeep to and fro ... alas, those days have ended. Less than one year ago, this Jeep came back from a larcenous joyride that would have left other vehicles for lost. It came back painted pink, and covered in mud. Recovered from a Newton County salvage yard, many would have left it for dead. No, not this man among men. He restored the working parts and continued to drive it, pink and muddy. Until this past weekend... The photograph only tells a wee part of this story. The owner of this vehicle, Mr. Tad Mitchell gave it all of the love that he could, but in the early morning of May 25, the Jeep burned to the ground while parked across the street from the Grant Park pool. Tad states that "he is not ruling anything out." I asked - "was it spontaneous combustion?" Tad states that he is not ruling anything out. I asked - "could it have … [Read more...]
