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Porsche 914 Event in Moab

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

I headed out to Moab, UT for a 914 event this weekend. Allison wasn’t able to join me, unfortunately. I met my friend, Rob, in Sacramento and we flew to Salt Lake City where another 914 guy, Eric, picked us up in his Porsche Cayenne. We stayed at his place overnight and headed out in the morning for Moab. We arrived in Moab about 6pm and I quickly started feeling ill. 30 minutes later I was in bed for the night. Kind of a bummer.

The next day I felt better, and we drove around to see some of the local sights. We explored some petrified dinosaur tracks then headed out to Dead Horse Point. We met up with the rest of the 914 group and headed out for the group dinner, then back to the hotel parking lot for the usual hang-out and chat.

Sunday we headed back towards SLC, but not until we drove through Arches National Park and hiked up to Delicate Arch. It wasn’t an easy hike, but it was totally worth it.

So, aside from not feeling well the first night, it was a great trip and it was really nice to meet up with old friends.

Civic Vandalized

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Well, it had to happen sometime.  🙁  My Civic was parked at the shop overnight.  When I came back in the morning the windows were busted out and the stereo stolen.  Time to call the insurance company.

Goodbye Civic

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

My Civic has been a great car, but after tens of thousands of miles the little things were wearing me out.  The keys barely worked, the interior was falling apart, the suspension needed replacing, etc.  I will definitely miss the 30 mpg in town, 35+ mpg freeway, as well as the small size.

I shopped around for awhile and finally settled on the VW Rabbit.  It’s only rated at 22/29 mpg, but it’s a neat little car.  Lots of power and lots of neat features, but mostly I’m looking forward to being able to drive on the freeway with the windows up (A/C) and actually hear music or talk to people.  😀  And it’s a hatchback, so I still retain my ‘work truck’.