Ok, so it’s not Carmen, but it’s close enough.

I get this question a lot so here’s the update on Reagan’s Excellent Adventure. In February Reagan decided it was time to leave Boise and strike out on his own. He did this in typical Reagan fashion. He threw his stuff in the car and without a job or a place to live, headed on a world tour to find both. He stayed a few days in Rexburg where after getting a ticket and a bad hotel experience he shook the Rexburg dust off his feet and headed to Pocatello where he stayed a few more days visiting a friend at school there. Pocky didn’t cut it so he headed to Logan where he stayed a little longer and visited another friend. He liked Logan and tried to find a job there, but didn’t have any luck. Next he drove down to Provo to check it out and liked the college scene but he couldn’t find a job there either. He was about to head back north when he got a job offer from a fancy jewelry store in Park City. So, he got an apartment for a month in Millcreek and commuted to Park City every day. He liked the high end jewelry store but didn’t like how few customers actually came in.

It was at this point that he came home for Easter. At 10:00 at night we got a phone call from him telling us he was just past Snowville, Utah on the side of the road. His car had died. A kind stranger on his way to Boise picked him up and brought him the rest of the way home where he spent the rest of the weekend working out a way to get his car towed. He eventually got it towed to Logan where the same kind stranger was going to school and was willing to take him. Once there, he discovered to his dismay that his car was beyond repair. This is the same car he came home from the hospital in when he was born, so it’s not really surprising. He hitchiked a ride from my sisters (who literally picked him up at a gas station on their way home from Boise). We loaned him our kid car at that point to get him through till he could buy another car. Soon thereafter he called it quits on the high end jewelry business and got a job selling cars at a Mazda dealership instead!

At that point his adventures took him more permanently to Provo. He lived in the college housing for the summer and sold cars in Orem.

He really loves his job and is the 2nd best salesman there! He’s making enough money to rent a nicer apartment and just moved in the beginning of September. The kids have started planning the cabin in Washington that he’s going to buy us all when he’s rich. He really is great at sales. He’s cute, charismatic and charming and that goes a long way in the sales business. Dimples do it every time. So that is what Reagan has been up to.