Actually it was my wife's idea to buy another jeep. After almost 40 years of marriage, she's figured out my projects usally take three times aslong to finish and cost four times as much as originally planned. She knows, no matter how much i say "I'll have it done by March" it ain't gonna happen.

For the last few years a few of us have been making a trip to the desert in mid March. This year it looks like it will be Panamint Springs. She's determined not to miss the trip.