What a fitting farewell...
Shame it has to go - sounds like you would like to keep it. Maybe you just don't need such a vehicle anymore...
My 30d has been (and continues to be) pressed into similar service, with similar success. And it's market value is now so low as to make it selling it unthinkable... It's value to ME is what it would cost to me replace it, not what I can sell it for, so it's a keeper.