One Last Adventure In Our First Car

Well guys, it's official. Our Ford Escape is gone.

But of course, our last drive in old bessie had to turn into a cRaZy adventure. But first, a drive down memory lane.
Addison picked up Lindsay for their first date in this car and all the bazillion dates after. Awe! Look at our young, dating selves! :)

Yellowstone! The Ford broke down on Addison's way down to pick Lindsay up to go meet his family for the first time so he ended up spending the night at some strangers house that his sister knew maybe. Eventually he and Lindsay both got to Yellowstone and had a marvelous time.

Lindsay's first trip to California for Addison's cousin's wedding.

That time Addison asked Lindsay to marry him and, even though she drove right by the Ford, she didn't notice.

Wedding day! The Ford swept us away from the church to our California Christmas/Catalina Island Honeymoon.

Spring Break in California! This time the radiator exploded on our way back to Utah. We were crazy fortunate to make it home!!

Bear Lake Adventure with our Friends. Very long story short: we took a wrong turn...over and over and over again. How the Ford ever made it up that hill is a complete mystery but we were so blessed to come across a couple hunters on our hike who saved the day!

A round of applause for our heros! Thanks guys!

The last adventure. We bought the Mountain Goat and the Ford become the lonely third wheel of the family so the poor thing sat in the driveway all winter. Finally spring came and Lindsay drove it to work. On the way home the brake line broke! Fortunately the e-brake worked! That's when we decided it was time to sell. So our awesome mechanic fixed it up (thanks dad!). The next day we decided to take it out for a spin to charge the battery and give it a good washing. So we drove up and around Cache Valley being extra careful since the registration expired two months back. All was good, no cops and the battery only died once at a stop sign. (That was exciting...) Finally after 30 minutes of panicked driving the battery was charged. We pulled into our favorite car wash behind a long line of cars when Addison yells: "Oh no!" He stared in horror at the rearview mirror. Lindsay looked. A cop pulled up behind us for a car wash too! All we could do was laugh. So we did. Fortunately the cop was on break or didn't care because he wanted a clean car so he didn't come after us. We got the car washed and the Ford sold a couple hours later. Goodbye old buddie. It's definitely been one adventure after the other!