i always hated driving and riding in this van, but today it saved my life. i was driving, and i have nothing but a sore shoulder. the worst injury were some bruises and a cut on my girlfriends chin. we were going 40 when the 98 escort pulled out blindy from behind a car that was turning. i had about 30 feet to react and managed to hit the brakes and not hit their door straight on. my GF and sister got taken to all childrens and were released. we had driven 100 miles to the beach for father's day, and less than a mile from the water, this happened. the other guys were more messed up than us, and they got a ticket. we had 2 firetrucks, 2 ambulances, 5 park vehicles, 3 cops from different agencies, and 5 lifegaurds from the nearby park building. we backed up traffic in 2 different directions for as far as we could see. the first picture is the last picture of the running van. it got towed off to somewhere in st. pete, and because it was a sunday, almost no rental car places were open. we ended up geting a ford fusion from the airport that we crammed 5 people into, and the entire trunk full. we even had to leave a chair behind.

 this is a makeshift memorial to the van that took me all over the southern US, and i hated, but now i almost miss it.