The Prius

So Adam's Mom was nice enough to get Adam a Prius as a homecoming gift. When he went to register it on base they said he needed an emissions test. He tried to explain the them that it was a hybrid and a partial zero emissions vehicle, and that you couldn't test it. They refused and gave him a temp pass. So there are like 5 of these silly testing centers in the whole state of Washington. So we drove around for a while trying to find the place and we passed a car crash on I-5 as we were headed I-5 north. SO we drive around and we find the emissions test place and we wait in line. We get up to the testing place. and they say, "We can't test priuses, they are a partial zero emission vehicle." We were like can we get a piece of paper saying its cool with you so we can register the car on base? They sent us to talk to the lady inside. Well she couldn't find the memos that they usually give out. She said that they had told the army a bunch of times that the Priuses don't need state emissions tests. She gave us her card and told us to have them call the office and they would tell them again.

So we drove all the way out there.... to get a business card. *suppresses profanities here* So on the way back, remember the car accident. Yeah we sat in traffic for 45 minutes to move 3 miles. We decided to get off and go to a movie. We gave up.

On a much brighter note we signed up for a sea kayaking trip on Sunday. We signed up for it at the Northwest Adventure Center (provided by the MWR). We are trying to make more friends so that Jenna doesn't go crazy. I can't seem to get Adam to invite Schultz and his girly over for dinner. It is like polar magnets. Whatever. The price was really reasonable. :)

Have a great Forth!