What a rough year this has been! I just was reading over everything and saw that I never got to post what I wanted......Jay was supposed to get one of Tones dogs and I got the other one, but it turned out Jay brought her to my house the next day because she wasnt getting along with his dog. I just had shoulder surgery and couldnt take care of them so my wonderful parents took them and fell in love with them. Mom was bit by one of his dogs when she was scared while we were in Moab this year, she doesnt have a spleen and went into septic shock pretty quick. She was on life support when I had to abruptly leave Moab and fly home, and as a results she had to have both legs amputated. She is home and we are all happy she is alive. About a month after she went home, dad when into heart failure. He is awaiting a heart transplant. So I COULD have lost everyone this year!

I met Tone (and Jay too) back in 2002 and he taught me everything I know about the VX, I actually watched his dog at the time when he went out to the LAVX meet, we were friends at that time. In 2003 we started seeing each other as more than friends, took some breaks over the many years, some longer than others, but we always managed to find our way back to each other. So many fun times to mention. I remember saying I was never going to alter the VX, it must not have been 6 mo later that I was taking my sawzall to the front fenders to make room for the tires! Thanks to Tone taht VX had 110k miles and in the end still ran like a champ (which is why it is in my parents garage!) He HATED it when I would confirm what he would tell me about my VX with Jay, LOL, I just had to be SURE! He was there for me back in October when I totalled my first VX and thought the world was surely ending because of it! HE understood it was much more than just a vehicle to me, because most of us on here feel the same way about our rides. He made the current VX the clone of the other, and knowing that was one of the last things he did, I may never be able to get rid of it, after he put so much into it. He taught me so much, like live IN today, not yesterday or tomorrow! I miss him now when I think of how much help he would be to me AND my family during these times.

Thanks to everyones comments! Jay, Scott, Laura, Mark, Biju, George and Cary, Ryan, Gil and Cece, Scott in Dallas, Anita, Everyone, for continued support! Love you all! I thought when I had to leave Moab in May that I would never be able to go back because it was so painful, because of memories of Tone and because of what happened to mom while I was there, but I will be back! And with the VX when I have another daily driver.