Before we left California we bought a used minivan with 90,000 miles on it. Since then, we’ve driven it about 12,000 miles across the US and Mexico. I have to say, despite all the abuse we’ve thrown at it, it has held up very well.

I’ve mentioned that the roads in some parts of Mexico are in poor condition. In some places we have to travel on dirt roads. One of them is up to our uncle’s house. Our uncle and aunt have lived there for over 40 years, and they and their neighbors have lobbied for years to get the road paved, but it hasn’t happened yet.

Here’s a short video of us driving up the road in the minivan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s0Q0CUNd34