Monday, September 12, 2005

We made it to Boston, but the car did not

On Monday, September 12, we arrived in Boston safe and sound. The original plan was to find a hotel that was close enough to the train station that we could walk from the hotel to the train station on Tuesday. That would allow us to find a used car dealer or a junkyard that we could sell our car to on Monday afternoon, since we wouldn't need the car any longer. Well, plans changed - for the better. After talking to the Boyds on Sunday evening, Trent mentioned to me on Monday morning that he was quite free that day and that he had an idea. What if we were to leave our car in Buxton, Maine and allow him to drive us to Boston in his 15-passenger van? He figured we'd get more money for the car that way, plus, we'd be more likely to arrive safely. We couldn't disagree with him at all so we cleared the car of all of our belongings, signed over the title and left the car in Maine. It turned out to be a great move for us since things did not go exactly as planned in Boston... (see next posting)