When my Mom picked me up in the Volvo 240 Wagon on Adoption Day, later Dad showed up in our 2nd car: a red Datsun Pickup.
(As a note, like Dad states in the video, NEVER buy a Nissan. Hoods fly up! )
My Dad and I took frequent drives in that truck to the dump, oftentimes singing the songs I Had a Dog, High Hopes and Swinging on a Star and listening to CBC’s program Swinging on a Star on that truck’s radio.
Sometimes with my family, as stated in the Adoption Story, we took camping and hotel trips in our 3rd car: a brown Ford Van with tape player (the Volvo and the Datsun had American Graffiti- style radios with no tape players and too early for Bluetooth and i-Pods and i-Pads and i-Phones and MP3 files).
Now for the Dad phrases. One was “Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!” Another one is “I don’t like Nissan cars or Datsun. Hoods fly up.”
I am thankful for all the things we did together from the start. Have a wonderful Father's Day, dad! See you soon!