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The Boat That Got Me Here

cyn's car

I've written about it before, but I recently found an actual photo of the '73 Buick I was driving when I first pulled into California to begin a new life.  

As a friend of mine recently said, "She was a gas guzzler, but nonetheless green."  There it is, and me in it, 31 years ago.

Still amazed, indeed.

MemoircynthiaJuly 15, 2013car, migration, 1973 Buick, photo, CaliforniaComment
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