You may be thinking, who would want to subject themselves to learning to drive, only to be stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. Her whole life, my Grandma never learned to drive. It was her choice. But to others the freedom and independence driving offers is too aluring. So to those that are wondering how and where to go as well as the stumbling road blocks along the way, I offer you a story I wrote back in 1994.

Driving Lessons takes you back to my first driving experiences. Purchasing my first vehicle and some of the pot holes I encountered.

I no longer own the mini-van, but it served me well. Over 200,000 miles and 13 years of driving. My second vehicle is going strong 5 years into it. I’m driving less, so I won’t get to the 200,000 mile mark quite so fast, but that has more to do with the cost of gas, oh well. Enjoy the roadtrip back in time.