Ever since I was a little kid, I've always had the dream to go out to Yellowstone and the Badlands. When I was little, I would dig holes just to put my dinosaur and fossil toys in and dig them up later, like having my own personal fossil site. Driving out and seeing the country and digging in the dirt just for the chance to find a T-Rex tooth or some type of fossil is a desire that has never left me. As I grew up, I found even more reasons to go out there. I had goals to stop in Chicago and see the world's largest complete T-Rex skeleton, the Great Lakes, stopping at anything that seemed cool along the way, and the chance to see the natural historic beauty in as many national parks as possible. I've wanted to follow through on those dreams I had as a child and get to experience it all in the car I love. But it didn't remotely work out

I was on my way, traveling across the country in my car, hoping to make it to Yellowstone. While I was in the middle of Pennsylvania, my transmission and a few other parts failed on the interstate, causing me to break down and steer into the breakdown lane. With a fully dead transmission and a laundry list of other mechanical issues with the car, everything came to a halt. Causing a dream trip and vacation to run extremely short and surpass any budget planned. With the multiple tows to get the car to a place that would work on it, the costs of parts, labor, room and board, travel back home while I wait the two weeks for the parts to come in and the car to be in a place I can drive it home, and travel back to drive the car home I'm in rough spot.