The Black Cloud
Well-Known Member
Taken almost 5 years ago while loaded up for a camping trip but she still looks very much the same today. She'll be 14 in September and before the year is out I probably have to lease something with better gas mileage (though I plan on keeping her as pickup trucks come in very handy at times, plus I do love her though she's getting old and costs a lot to feed). We've been in the desert, in the mountains, on gravel and dirt roads as well as asphalt and cement and even crossed a stream or two.
Eleven years old, long-since paid off, world traveler, and mine until the wheels fall off. I've learned a lot about working on cars with this truck, and there are a lot of memories invested in it. It's probably only the second vehicle I've ever had some sort of emotional and sentimental attachment to. It's an inanimate object, but it's still kind of like a family member to me -- I've had it longer than I've had one of my kids!
