Cars

For Lee's 18th birthday in January, Larry and I took him to the Barrett Jackson Auto Auction in Scottsdale. We saw some amazing cars and the one that I liked the best was the '57 Chevy Bel Aire. A little before my time, but a great looker.

Still, my favorite car for sentimental reasons wasn't even at the show. I drove a '64 push button transmission Dodge Polara. It was a crazy car, the buttons would often fall off the dashboard and I would have to reattach them before I could even drive! I'm not particularly into cars, but there's something about first cars that stays with you forever.

I guess I've been thinking more about cars lately because we're going to need a different one in the not-to-distant future. It would be so cool to own something retro again, but I think practicality and ability to store all our camping gear will come into play big time.

My brother-in-law owns a brand new Chevy Corvette, he's offered to let me drive it, but I'm too scared something terrible will happen. One sister owns a Jaguar but that not for off-road, and one sister owns a Jeep. Now that's definitely off-road and camping friendly. Still, there was something about owning and driving so different a car as my Polara. However, the reality is when it's time to get our next car, it'll probably be another Toyota.