I was in Manitoba for a friends wedding this weekend.

As I was driving through the automobile city (aka: Steinbach), I saw a ‘99 Rav4. I decided to take it for a little test drive, and sort of accidentally fell in love with it. The dealership was asking a fair price for it, but i just didn’t want to buy a vehicle in Manitoba. But, the salesman was pretty sure that he could sell this thing to me, so he told me to make an offer that I thought was fair.

Since I wasn’t too keen on driving home to Vancouver from Manitoba (24 hr drive), I offered him a ridiculously low offer. Long story – short, they took my offer, and i bought it.

I ended up meeting some people in the wedding party from Bellingham, which is only an hour and a bit away from Vancouver, and I suckered them into also cancelling their flights, and making the trip with me. To my surprise, a 24 hour road trip with two complete strangers couldn’t have been any more fun!