We picked up the car we reserved online, the ford escape hybrid, at the Salt Lake Frontrunner station. This is actually really convenient for us since we can just jump on the trax by our house (city center) and ride it down to the frontrunner station (all of which is in the 'free fare zone'). You use your 'ucareshare' card to unlock the vehicle you have reserved, then get the keys out from the glove box, then you are ready to go. There is a gas card in the glove box so you can get gas if you go below 1/4 tank...but we didn't even get close since it's a hybrid and used only a tiny fraction of what our jeep would have used for the same distance. It drove so quiet and smooth, yet another big difference from the jeep...it took a bit of getting used to but both started liking it after awhile.
After picking it up we headed home, got the dogs, and went up to Millcreek canyon. Happy was kinda bummed that she couldn't hang her head out of the back window like she could in the wrangler, but she got over it pretty quickly. After our hike to dog lake we headed down to Jake's sister's place, dropped the tired puppies off, then went with his sister, Ian, and their baby to their bro and sis-in-laws house to BBQ and visit. Then we just drove home and parked on the street...so it just sat at our apt. overnight and into the morning...while still paying by the hour. Doh...
Overall it was really pretty cool, almost like getting a new car for a day (...yep, it still had it's 'new car smell'). Next time we'll plan a bit better so we aren't paying for it to just sit on the road while we sleep, but it was a good 1st outing. We are even thinking about renting it for the max (6 days) and taking a trip with it...it's cheaper than flying, taking the train, or probably even the greyhound (ugh...).
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