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Byline: Dutch Mandel

I'm in favor of multitasking tools, and the gear I champion now for its dexterity is the Chrysler Town & Country Limited in our long-term fleet.

This frost-white boxNorge, as she's affectionately calledis the finest workhorse to pass by here in some time. Were she fitted with a heavy-duty diesel tow package, I'd marry her. (Yes, the cars I care about I personify. She is tenacious, has unfaltering focus and does so many things well. I also get the sense she'll never forget when I screw up.)

On a 3,992.8-mile summer jaunt whose goal was a white-water raft trip, Norge did not kvetch, despite piles of sunflower-seed hulls on her floor, despite hours of sophomoric DVDs coursing through her multiple screens and despite a never-ending Grateful Dead concert from her Sirius satellite radio.

Just the boys and I climbed into Norge for this junket. The genteel Becky had considered (for perhaps a nanosecond) joining the 10-day trip of teenage fust and hormones. She opted out. For me, it was a bond with the boys, a chance to strike out and revel in our country's glories.

The experiences came ...

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