The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, gang aft agley

I was all fired up to get a new-ish van when I realized what we really need around here is a new car for baby-mama.

She does a lot of driving around, ferrying art and art supplies, and her pickup truck wasn't up to the task. She's been soldiering on for years with it though. So I put my van plans on hold and finagled a deal to get her a slightly used hatchback that she really likes.

It's not a complete loss for me as I now inherited her Toyota pickup. It has a camper shell on the back and after some cleaning and shining up, the old girl looks pretty darn good! It has the small 4 cylinder engine, cruise control and a pretty good stereo too. So I'm tooling around town in style, listening to Sam & Dave sing 'Soul Man' on the CD player.

I'll have to do a camping trip to see how things work out. The truck is an Xtracab so there's room behind the seats and the bed is a little over 6 feet long. I can set up my sleeping bag, etc. back there. This is do-able.

I gave my old van to my brother as he has the bug for a home-brewed camper now.

Well, we'll see what happens next. It's never what I expect, is all I can say...