Being in a family of 6, the van played an integral role in our family. I have many memories driving to school, the grocery store, and long beach trips in the van. Dave always got the best seat right by the broken sliding door which he slammed too hard, Mike got the seat right next to him because he would get car sick in the back seat. Andrew and I were the only ones who could stomach being in the back, but we never got any air back there! I remember pleading with Dave to roll the wheel up on the air conditioner to give us some air, but he would only do it for like 5 seconds. I also remember Dave leaning the middle seat back to crush our legs at random times, and he always thought it was so funny. Dad would ALWAYS drive, and mom always had shotgun. This picture of the red Astro van looks like the first van we had when we were living in the house Cottonwood.
This the first vehicle that I learned to drive. It had several nicknames like the Bean, the Space Ship, and the Death Mobile because it could accelerate so fast. In fact, it was even used by criminals because it provided such a quick getaway! Our family bought it brand new in 1993 about the time that Rena, our boysitter started taking care of us. She was always so scared that she was going to wreck it, and we were too as she got older and her driving got worse. Somehow, this van survived a long time in our family, and this is the van that we have the most memories.
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