The Vehicles
The Van Although the van is the latest addition, it's worth mentioning it before the other vehicles because it is our primary vehicle for our road-trips. Also, we customized it to our traveling needs, so I am going to talk the most about it. It is a 1993 GMC Vandura 2500 (with a Chevy grille). It has a 4.3 liter V6 engine which can be sluggish especially riding uphill. The smallish engine means that it gives 16-17 miles to the gallon, which suits us just fine. It is also a short van, which means I can parallel park it in a space big enough to fit a full sized sedan. We were actually quite surprised to find that the van is shorter than any truck or large SUV. This makes it really convenient to take it anywhere. The van came with two captain's chairs in the middle row, and a sofa/bed in the back row. The sofa/bed was not nearly big enough for Holly and me to be able to sleep on (I am 6' and Holly is 5'10"), so we did away with that. However, we only rem...