Viviane,TOdd & Camille

On Tuesday November 28th, 1995 Uncle Eskeep Dad and I went from Dunkirk south on Maryland Rt. 4 to Prince Frederick, Maryland. We went down to the Toyota dealership in to pick up my new 1996 Tacoma LX. I paid $20,553.50 for a V6, manual, extended cab, 4X4 super truck. Today, Feb. 12th, 2010, I sold my super trucko. Over the last 14 years, 2 months, 16 days I drove my truck 282,100 miles or 1,489,488,000 feet, that averages about 54.35 miles a day, figuring off of a rough average of 16 mpg, I figure I used somewhere around 17631 gallons of gas, I changed the oil around 94 times for around 129.25 gallons of oil. Wore out six sets of tires and was half way through set number seven. Not counting the gas, oil, tires and servicing/upkeep, the truck cost me about $3.96 a day to own.

I drove it from Maryland to Florida to Colorado to California to Washington State to Vancouver B.C. to Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Baja California in Mexico, across Texass, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama back on to Florida, it's been to Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma and I am sure there are more.... I drove it to Rocky Mountain National Park, The Grand Canyon, Yosemite Nat'l Park, Yellowstone Nat'l Park, Joshua Tree Nat'l Park, Canyonlands Nat'l Park, Arches Nat'l Park, Monument Valley, Mesa Verde Nat'l Park, Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, Crater Lake Nat'l park, Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Park, Petrified Forest Nat'l Park, Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park, Sequoia Nat'l Park, and Redwood Nat'l Park.

Drove to Golden Gate Nat'l Recreation Area, Oregon Caves Nat'l Monument, Devils Tower National Monument, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Colorado Nat'l Monument, Natural Bridges National Monument, Muir Woods Nat'l Monument, Glen Canyon Nat'l Recration Area, Assateague Island National Seashore, Point Reyes National Seashore. I drove the Suitland Parkway, Rock Creek Parkway, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Baltimore–Washington Parkway, The Avenue of the Giants - California Redwoods, and even drove it several times over the Hoover Dam.

Driven on the beach on Assateague Island, Daytona Beach, Baja Mexico, and near Astoria, Oregon. I drove it to Washington D.C., Richmond, Chicago, Omaha, Twin Falls, Billings, Spearfish, Sturgis, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Kansas City, Louisville, Lexington, Wichita, Denver, Aspen, Vail, Moab, Salt Lake City, Reno, Tahoe, San Francisco, Albuquerque, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, Pismo Beach, Big Sur, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Barstow, Kingman, Phoenix, Tucson, Portland, Seattle, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, New Orleans, Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale, Daytona, El Paso, Charleston, S.C., Atlanta, Miami, Key West, Long Beach, Oklahoma City, Colorado Springs, Casper and Gillette, Wyoming, Baltimore, Norfolk, Monterey, Ca., Kennedy Space Center, Florida, Johnson Space Center, Houston.

Had the truck registered in Maryland, Colorado, Arizona, and finally in Texass. While owning this truck, I worked as a Scuba Instructor, Sales Rep for a trucking company, Lift Operator, Snowcat operator, Carpenter, Flight Instructor, and finally an Airline Pilot. The truck came with a 3 year, 36,000 mile warranty, I past 36,000 miles around month ten owning the truck. My super truck rocked.


So long super truck, we hardly knew ya.

Took some pics of Viv at 31 weeks preggers, Camille helped.







Camille with the rabbit she was given in Denver.










Possibly Austin at 31 weeks.




Happy kidlette.




Camille loves her dad.




Wabbit season.




Got bugs from playing with her dad.