Can/Should this ever be done??

So, we are thinking about selling my Mazda pickup before moving to Vermont. That doesn't leave many options for transporting the canoe I am building. As far as moving there I think we can get it in the moving truck but for actual camping and using it once we get there...


Don't be afraid to click on the picture and see the bigger version. Also, I love Microsoft Paint.

new stuff

Actually, just one new thing. But, it's the biggest thing we have purchased since being married. We just went outside where it was parked and took a few quick pics before the sun went down.


It is a 1996 Mazda B2300 with about 97000 miles. A gutless 4 cylinder with a manual transmission. Just what we wanted. We weren't specifically looking for a Mazda but that is what was available - and we like it. It was fun driving down to Utah with all the cash we needed to buy it. I am glad to know that even though we have two cars now, we still have zero car payments.

It rides really well for a little truck, has almost brand new tires on it, gets good mileage, and is pretty quiet on the road. Best of all - Erin has the Buick all to herself and can go wherever she wants, whenever she wants. She is pretty excited and I feel all extra manly with my gutless truck - I can carry... stuff now.

Here is one last picture of us all tired out after the photo shoot.


Also, as a side note - This is awesome...

This truck has the factory tape deck stereo. And, if you can't tell, that is my handy dandy Tape-->CD converter that I have had for like a million years. You know, the one that plugged into the headphones of the CD player and had a fake tape-type thing that tricked your stereo into thinking it was playing a tape? Yeah, I have kept that thing with my portable CD player for a long time and have contemplated chucking it many times. I am glad I didn't. Now I can listen to the ipod in the truck and I didn't have to buy anything new to do it.