Goodbye Station Wagon

 It finally got to the point where it was no longer worth it to put in the money to keep fixing this car up.  And although it does seat 7 (8 if we wanted to stick a kid up front between the driver and passenger), we weren't looking forward to a kid always being in the backwards facing seats.  It was time to say goodbye.  We bought this car in Ventura, CA in September 2002 when Princess Sparkley was one month old.  Since then it has seen just a bit of the country.

 Our station wagon had been to 27 states and the District of Columbia.

CA NV UT AZ TX NM CO OK KS NE SD AR MO 

IA MN IL IN OH KY TN NC VA WV MD DE PA NJ DC

saying goodbye

And after *only* 5 hours at the dealership, we are now the owners of an 8 passenger Honda Pilot. Black wasn't our color of choice, but it was the only color they had in stock of the low end Pilot.  We're debating names... right now it looks like it'll be Darth something.

 

PS documented the car buying process with her camera, here are a few of my favorites: