Once a Jeep driver...

On Tuesday, April 8, I bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee. I suppose that technically its my first Jeep/car, but I still claim the Wrangler as partly mine, since it was my family's and I drove it and cared for it! I bought the Jeep from Stace Hall, one of my buddies that I worked with who had returned to Utah. He sold it to me way below the low book price. The interior is in practically perfect condition. Outside, there's a little bit of rust (it is Hawaii and the Jeep is 10 years old...) but it runs real smooth!

Its gotten quite a bit of use already. The day I bought it, my buddy Scat and I took it to Circuit City to put a new stereo in it. I bought a Sony deck, complete with a direct iPod connection (also has an aux jack). The direct connection sounds SO much better than the AUX jack. I was surprised, the speakers are actually quite good! We had a good cruise in the car on the way back, jamming to island music while driving along the east shore.

I also picked up Grandma Northrup from the airport on the 19th. We then went to North shore for lunch, then over to Laie. That night we went with Jeremiah to Haleiwa for dinner, then back again to Laie. On Friday, Grandma and I went to the temple, and then I took her to town to meet up with Karron and Jim. Saturday, I hauled a netball team down to town for a tournament.

This week the Jeep has been resting. I did go register it this week. Actually, all I had to do was pay ten bucks to change the title. They gave me a continued registration that is good til September. Kinda nice!

Today, Dolly and I washed it for the first time. I had vacuumed it last week, but the exterior needed some help. If only gas wasn't getting close to $4, I'd be cruising all over the place! I cant believe I bought gas for 96 cents once in high school...that'd be nice to have back.