Going Green

So for the past month or so, Garrett and I have been looking at Scooters. Yes, you heard me, scooters. Our plan is this: Get rid of the truck and see if we can be a one vehicle household...well one vehicle, one scooter, a garage full of bicycles and public transportation. We're going to give it a shot...at least we can say we tried. Per usual, Garrett did his research for a good month trying to figure out which Scooter we should buy. It was between 2...the Yamaha Vino and the Genuine Buddy. They are very comparable 125 cc scooters but overall, the Buddy had better reviews. We went and looked at new Buddys but couldn't decide if we wanted to throw down the cash for a brand new one. Being the cheapos we are, we decided to look used. The next couple weeks went by seeing really only Vino's, every call had the same result, SOLD. Salt Lake has gone Scooter crazy b/c people are buying them up within hours of being posted for sale. Just as we were about to give up and buy new, I looked on KSL yesterday morning and there was a Buddy for sale. It was only 8 am, but Garrett gave them a call and we decided to go look at it during our lunch. Well, after a near miss (a couple was there looking at it when Garrett got there but they needed the typical "we just need to talk about this" chat that every couple has before investing in a semi-big purchase), we brought the Buddy home. It was a really great deal. Its a 2007 and it only had 25 miles on it...looks brand new. The poor old lady that owned it wasn't able to pass her motorcycle skills test so it had only been driven a couple times. Its really easy and fun to drive. So, needless to say, we're pretty excited about our purchase. I think its going to be fun and we'll help out the environment a little. And oh yeah, did I mention it gets 100 mpg...that just makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Garrett's pretty excited, if you couldn't tell by his face.