A great year to have over (in some ways.)

This has been a most interesting year with several firsts. One was buying a Passat that we rarely drove since we had many problems with it. It wouldn't start at various times until I finally located a loose wire. Then we drove it to Colorado, took it on the tour for the Silver Beaver photos and went to Idaho for the family reunion and drove it several times for the commute to South Jordan. But then when trying to go to Arizona it gave up and cost $600 dollars to get me back to Mapleton on a tow truck.It has basically sat since August when that happened. Then a couple of weeks ago one of the best cars that I have ever owned finally wore out and we had to replace it after also replacing the Passat. So this year I have purchased three cars and for the first time ever one of them was brand new with 14 miles on it as I drove it off the lot. It had about 33 by the time I got home.I guess I can't complain too badly since all three of them added together are still less than most new cars today.

So today I spent a good share of the day digging out the Passat so we can prepare to sell it. The old Camry is still at Max's Car repair with a full tank of gas since Marie filled it that morning before the water pump went out on it and the radiator is almost gone and it leaks two quarts of oil a week. I need to get it back and sell it as well. So following are three pictures of the process of digging out the Passat. One picture o how much snow we have receive in the last two weeks and one of the new 2010 Hyundai Elentra.