Driving...Vancouver...Crazy

At last...we have a car.

Bad news for so many reasons-- #1 reason: $1.45/L for gas.

Good news for Bonsai who now gets to go with us everywhere, since we could not get him to fit, as hard as we tried, on the scooter.

Ultimately having a car gives you freedom, the freedom to spend more money. Our excursion on Sunday to buy car wash detergent quickly turned into a Costco run, and grocery shopping. No detergent was bought, no car was washed, and over $100 was spent. Another good thing about having a car in Vancouver, you get to do a lot more out of town trips, i.e. hiking in North Van or canoeing in Deep Cove. If you don't enjoy outdoor things, then, well you're screwed. You have to pay for parking everywhere, even at the grocery store. And often times when you drive somewhere, your 2003 Corolla looks like a piece of pooh next to the 2008 Audis, Mercedes and Maserati's that are parked next to you. But at least you know that when your car gets dinged in the $1/hr Safeway parking lot, it costs the Benz next to you a lot more to get fixed!