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In January our lease on the Ford Conversion Van expired and it was time for a change. We will miss the old stately bus with all its space, but anything with lower gas consumption will also help.

So the new vehicle is this Patriot Blue Dodge Grand Caravan ES. What a pleasure to drive!

And because of its more reasonable price, we could afford a bit of luxury. It has all the nice-to-haves, like power doors and climate control inside (you only tell it what you want the temperature to be and it does all the rest, meassuring the driver, front passenger and rear passengers individually).

The impressive sound system with its six cd in-dash changer has controls on the steering wheel (behind) and I have caught more than one passenger who wanted to know how the volume adjusts itself!

I am sure the next four years with this vehicle will just be a pleasure. Now I can also say I have a Ram on my nose (the Dodge symbol is a ram’s head!).

We are becoming more and more Minnesotan! The slightest upturn in temperature and we discard all warm clothing, dig out sandals, shorts and t-shirts and GET OUTSIDE! Last weekend we spent a few hours walking at the zoo. Spirits were high, but Gina remains a little bit too strong for Jacques! The boys are getting so big and so fast.

Even this huge tiger seemed impatient for the slight shimmering of green to become more prominent. All the plants have buds that look like they all want to personify the word ‘pregnant’, waiting for that mysterious trigger that will cause our green explosion.

Jacques seems to draw a camara lens like a magnet – no matter how rediculous the face he makes or how sad a countenance he has, all photos of him seem to come out looking very good!

At the end of the afternoon we headed home and Gina and her eldest had a mother-son moment. A very satisfying and regenerating day out!