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 Five years ago, I bought a Surf Blue Pearl Dodge Caliber:

Fifteen months after I bought the blue one, a very basic car (but I loved that color) I traded up and got a Caliber SXT Sport.

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Spring Break 2009.

The first trip I made with the black car was a 500 mile plus trip to The Painted Hills of Oregon.

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It has been four years now I’ve had the black Caliber and I love it more now than when I got it, after 54,300 miles.

(all mine, btw.  I bought the car with 32 miles on it; when I test drove it, it had just 7 miles on it.  54,293 miles are Mine)

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Strictly speaking, since we rented a Dodge Caliber in 2007:

We drove it 3,100 miles in the week we had it and toured western Oregon.  I liked the Caliber so much that when I had a chance, I bought one of my own.

Strictly speaking, I’ve had a Caliber to drive for six years.

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On WA 14, north of the Columbia River, on the way to Maryhill:

The sign behind me says "Cape Horn"  This is a high, sheer cliff above the river.

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Me, at Maryhill Museum, in Maryhill. Washington:

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I’ve seen some good stuff over all those miles:

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Multnomah Falls

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Crater Lake

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Hug Point. the Oregon coast

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Hug Point sunset:

Next week makes it four years I’ve owned my Black Beauty.

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20 years ago this week, I moved lock, stock, and barrel to Japan.  There’s a story there of course; I’ll put it together and write it out.

Stay tuned.

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