On the right is a photo of my first car - a Dodge Swinger in front of my little San Jose house. I had gotten it used from my parents when I graduated from college four years before I met Geoff. It was a very practical car (and not too different than the Accord that I now drive).
However, in the spring of 1977, I decided that that blue Dart wasn't quite "me" so I bought a little red 1977 Honda Civic for a whopping $4000 (which at time was probably 1/4 of my annual salary). Below is a photo (from later in '77) of Geoff washing a little Honda (though not the one I had bought in 6/77). I really enjoyed zipping around in my new little Honda so my recollection is that one of the days of 1977's Fourth of July weekend, Geoff and I took a road trip in the little Honda to visit my friend, Lorna, at her parent's home in San Mateo.
I'm fairly certain that we took the scenic Skyline Blvd but don't recall what we did at Lorna's or who else was there. Zipping around in my little Honda to various places was the next step of Geoff's and my growing friendship and that first little Honda was destined to play a larger role in our relationship. More on that in future posts.
