The election is over. Let's go for a ride.

I bought my first Deuce and a Quarter in 1990 from Gail Lewis who was the cleanup man at the LP mill in Trout Creek.  

“Deuce and a Quarter” was the nickname for the Buick Electra 225, as in two twenty-five—the deuce and a quarter. It was 225 inches long and this 1970 four-door hardtop had the biggest stock engine made up to that time, a massive 455-cubic-inch, eight-cylinder engine. It was fast, but thirsty. “It’ll pass anything but a gas station” was the word. The 25-gallon fuel tank was barely adequate for a trip to town. 

I learned all of that later. I was just looking for transportation and saw the ad in the local paper. It was nearby, just 3 miles away. I went down the hill to see Gail. The big Buick was in a garage, a treat that I was never able to give it.