I'm in the process of filling in back entries from my old journal. This is a long and tedious process, and I'm not doing it entirely in order, as I'm leaving some of the more complicated entries (mostly those with photos) for last. So if you read back and wonder at large gaps and apparently out-of-order entries, that's what's going on.
The down payment was a college graduation gift from my parents; I drove it until it was totalled in a 5-car pileup on the Evergreen Point floating bridge in 1995. Most memorable for carrying me cross-country to Seattle.