Goodbye Two Thousand and Ten
I suppose this is the part where we begin to write about what we have achieved this past year. Fortunately for the reader, we haven’t achieved much so this will be a short letter. Not only will this letter save on printing taxes, but your time as well. Isn’t it great?
To start of the year Traci and I decided to head north as far as our car would take us. It turns out that our gps took us west to Seattle and our friend Ronnie was kind enough to take us the rest of the way to Canada. Our goal was to visit Point Roberts, a piece of the U.S. (that stands for “United States”) that was cut off from the main land at the 49th parallel. There’s really not much to see there, just more Americans trying to coexist with their neighbors. Since we were already in the neighborhood Ronnie, Traci and I decided to drop by Vancouver and see what the cheering was all about. As it turns out the Winter Olympics were in town. Tickets were rather pricy, not to mention that we had to buy them 2 years in advance but it was a once in a lifetime opportunity that we didn’t want to miss.
I must admit that I’m quite happy to spend another year with an awesome wife that loves American Automobiles as much as she loves me. It’s true. This past June, Traci became an official Cascade Pacific Plymouth Club member. We also attended the Plymouth Owners Club Annual Meet up and talked with several nerds, I mean Plymouth nerds. They were friendly, helpful and proud owners of amazing automobiles.
Traci’s turn to write.
This year we also had the opportunity to visit the Metropolis of Richey, Mont. I believe we saw one car and a horse during rush minute. My mom, Aunt April, Uncle Charlie, and various other members of the family gathered at the family farm out there to relive the glory days. The youngest generation had quite a bit of fun rolling giant hay bales and chasing grasshoppers. That’s about all the hunting that was accomplished.
Glacier National Park celebrated its one hundred year anniversary this year. Enough said, moving on. Just kidding. We didn’t want to miss out on this Birthday party so we made a mad dash to visit the park just for the weekend. We ended up spending 30 of the 48 hours in the car just trying to reach our destinations; here is the catch… it was totally worth it.
The highlight of the year was a trip to El Salvador and getting to set foot on the promise land (that’s how Josue describes it.) A land filled with milk and honey, or more commonly known as coffee beans and coconuts. Josue’s mom and grandmother had traveled ahead of us, so it was up to Damaris, Josue and I to brave the Houston airport on our own and we spent a comfortable night on the floor in front of TSA security. It was a week of mangos, Salvadorian quesadilla, and rain.
As some of you might know, we are car collectors. Our hopes and dreams are to restore the 57 Chevy that Josue grew up with and the 48 Plymouth that I bought a few years ago. Josue has been able to get the Chevy running and makes occasional trips up and down College Avenue on sunny days. To end the year we are heading down to central California to pick up a rebuilt engine for the Plymouth. With any luck, by this time next year the Plymouth will be putting down the street as well.
We hope that you all had a highly memorable 2010 and that the Lord will bless you all in 2011. If you’re ever within a day’s drive of Walla Walla, give us a call and we’ll hang out.
(Just a copy of our 'End of the Year Letter')
