wedding road trip

Meet Roxy Fusion

For those of you who didn’t know already, Scott Monty, the social media genius at Ford Motor Company, gave us a 2010 Ford Fusion Sel I4 to drive for our Wedding Road Trip. The only caveat? I had to wake up at a god-awful hour this morning to fly down to Los Angeles to pick it up. Until today, I firmly believed that the hours between four and six in the morning didn’t exist.

Clearly, I was wrong.

However, that didn’t stop me from donning a huge pair of dark sunglasses and a pretentious look as I entered the parking structure to pick up the car. The parking attendants stopped and stared at me, jaws dropped, as I sauntered over to the Fusion, inserted the key, and drove off into the sunset.

Okay, so maybe that’s how things went down in my head. In reality, the parking attendants were probably yawning because they hadn’t had their coffee yet. And the sunglasses? Let’s just say that it was the foggiest morning of the year and I looked like a complete tool.

No matter.

I have to be honest. I wasn’t expecting much from the Ford Fusion. I thought it would just be an updated version of the world’s greatest granny and door-to-door salesman car, the Ford Taurus. I’d had the pleasure of driving in a Taurus while dating a pharma salesmen post-college and had felt myself age with every yawn-induced ride.

But then… I met Roxy Fusion*. Parked next to a silver Audi, Roxy looked like a superstar with her fancy grill and sweet wheels. The next moment can only be described as this: instant car love. Why I fell in love with Roxy is deeply personal, but I promise to share each moment with you as this trip evolves.

On my drive back to San Francisco, I asked my mom to snap a picture of her (above). Note how clean she is right now… ya… that’s gonna last about ten seconds. (Um… sorry Scott- I mean, we’re going to clean it with a toothbrush every night, I promise.)

* yes, we’ve named the car. Deal with it. You would have done it too.