This year I have for the first time ever considered doing something that was unthinkable up to this point.  I want to buy a minivan. Well, there have been several vans that have struck my fancy, but something about the whole minivan society just gets me a little. Maybe it’s my Texas roots, but minivans are chick cars, right? So with all these thoughts cruisin’ through my mind Randy Bohlender’s words echo in my memory “the 2002 Suburban, long wheel base, leather, Sirius radio and heavy duty Secret Service Edition window tint…”and I’m hooked! That’s a man’s vehicle! So I went on the search. Lo and behold much to my chegrin the mother of all suburbans is sitting across the street from ZHOP in a marine and automotive supercenter. This beauty was just waiting for me to come and lay claim. Now let me keep things straight here. I’ve never been a name and claim it kind of guy, but boy I was namin’ and claimin’ like it was my job when I saw that 2004 Z71 new wheeled, tired, and painted hass of a machine. So, without getting into covetousness I did what a responsible man of God should do in this situation. I took it for a spin! What a truck. That was yesterday, so today I’ll drive by the sales center and stare yet again. So, I guess I’ve jumped from the kid totin’ mommy-mobile to the V8 Z71 4×4 family extravaganza on wheels. It just feels right. Thanks Randy for showing me the light.