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[numbnuts240]

it was slated to be a gorgeous weekend, so since i had friday off, i washed up the car for a fuel wasting day on saturday. i decided that visiting kent falls in western ct would make for a cool trip. wake up, fill up with fuel, stop by parents' house for free breakfast, then i'm off. first stop, springfield, ma to grab the gf. next, off to mark's house to rev the engine incessantly in hopes to wake up a sleeping mrs. mark (failed mission btw ). set the destination on the gps and we're off. surprisingly, it only took me on one highway for maybe 10 miles, everything else was country back roads. perfect.

we're cruising along, windows down, music blasting (sorry gf, i want to drive, not chat) checking out the sights. she wasn't fast enough with her camera to snap off pics so i missed out on a lot of shots and i couldn't be bothered to pull u-turns every 5 minutes. i did make one u-turn at a scenic overlook, which turned out to be a dam that i never knew existed (saville dam in barkhamstead).



for some reason i didn't snap a pic of the other side, which was just as beautiful. back on the road. shortly after leaving the dam, my gps caught a case of mental diarrhea and rebooted itself, but it powered right back up without needing to reset the destination. about 45 minutes out of kent, i hear one of the dreaded road trip statements come from the passenger seat "i'm hungry", followed by the other "and i gotta pee". fine . no fast food except for a closed down kfc. i made an observation that the african american community in that area must be non existant due to there being a closed down kfc. she called me a racist, i lol'd.

finally arrive in kent and we decide on a pizza place downtown. worst, slowest, service, EVER!!!!!! 15 minutes to get a menu after being seated, another 10 to place drink orders, 10 to get drinks and place food order. food came promptly, but they never came back to check on us, 30 minutes after finishing eating to flag down someone to get the check and box for leftovers. another 15 minutes to finally get the check, no box. i was paying cash and subsequently started deducting dollar bills every five minutes from the tip until we got that box. started with a good $5 tip, ended with a buck. the place wasn't even busy.

we finally get to the waterfall and after crossing the field to the foot of it, we start the hike to the top.



around the center of this next shot is a fallen tree that's landed between a "V" shaped branch. my gf made a point to comment on how it looked like a pen15 in a vagina.

we got about 2/3 of the way up before turning back. i warned her to wear proper footwear, but you know wimmin . before heading back, i back tracked a bit to grab a photo for dave



since we were headed back to springfield, not windsor, gps took us a different way back. again, my passenger wasn't on the ball with rolling shots.

so what's a day long cruise without a race challenge? i'm going up i-91 back to my gf's house in springfield, cruising along at 70-75mph. i notice this mustang coming up from behind in the right hand lane. he matches my speed for a few seconds and does the stare down/nod, but because of my window tints, he can't really see my response. so he accelerates a bit and i notice him doing the same thing, but he's looking at me through his side mirror. i lol and keep driving at the same pace (btw, it's a current gen mustang, pre-tweaked body).

gf-what's so funny?me-that guy wants to race.gf-how do you know?me-because he gave me the look. look, he's staring at me through his mirror right now.gf-that's stupid, because he looked at you, you think he wants to race?me-yup. watch, now he's going to slow down to get next to us again.

*mustang driver slows down and matches speed, again.

gf-how did you know he was going to do that?me-because he wants to race. they all do the same thing. next he'll slow down, then speed up past us, then slow down again to get next to us.

*mustang driver then does everything i described to a "t". it's at this point i can clearly hear he's sc'd.

gf-omg, i can't believe that. you better not race him, especially not with me in the car. i can't believe he would do that when you have a female in your car.me-relax, i'm not going to race him. i don't race people, it's stupid. he'll slow down and take off all fast soon enough. if we're lucky, we'll get to honk at him later while he's explaining to a cop why he was going so fast.

so during my whole explanation about how guys race each other to compare c***/ego sizes, the dude slows down and does the racer fly-by. my gf was amazed at how predictable the whole thing was. it's now very clear that any past bf's weren't car guys. unfortunately, i didn't get to see him get pulled over, once he took off, we didn't see him again. too bad, i was looking forward to it.

so that was it. we got back to her house where i kicked off my shoes, lied down and we watched a movie until sleepy time.

btw, by the time i got back to home base, i clocked 300 miles exactly, one tank of fuel (i could have gone more, but i was already by the gas station), and i calculated 29.5mpg. not bad for a 15 year old car with 138k on it. not bad at all.
Modified by numbnuts240 at 6:43 AM 4/5/2010

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Kent falls is nice. Perfect day for that!

The restaurant you had bad service at, was it called Kent Pizza Garden?

[DrifterXRPS13]

sooo, umm...where are teh pics of you and teh missuz?

[naladude911]

I thought we were supposed to meet up with timay :/

[numbnuts240]

The restaurant you had bad service at, was it called Kent Pizza Garden?

YES!!!!! i couldn't, for the life of me remember the name. pizza was mediocre, and like i said, service sucked a**.

[numbnuts240]

I thought we were supposed to meet up with timay :/

that was like 2 weeks ago.

sooo, umm...where are teh pics of you and teh missuz?

didn't take any. i'm not photogenic.

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Yep, pretty much a regular pizza joint.

[Dattebayo]

I see the llamas are bowing to their master.

[numbnuts240]

the brown one was standing there staring at me for a second. by the time i got the camera ready, he was back down to eating. some lady pulled over and was right up at the fence talking to it, or something. i wasn't trying to approach an animal that big without knowing if it would spit its venomous saliva into my eyes or not.

[Dattebayo]

The llama is a quadruped which lives in the big rivers like the Amazon. It has two ears, a heart, a forehead, and a beak for eating honey. But it is provided with fins for swimming.

llamas are larger than frogs.

Llamas are dangerous, so if you see one where people are swimming, you shout...

Look out, there are llamas!

[krash]

one tank of fuel (i could have gone more, but i was already by the gas station), and i calculated 29.5mpg. not bad for a 15 year old car with 138k on it. not bad at all.

WAHTt?! I don't understand........

That dam looks like an awesome place to hike and do some relaxing kayaking

[numbnuts240]

WAHTt?! I don't understand........

oh, and i'm hard on it sometimes, and this isn't the first time i calculated mpg like that. there wasn't much stop and go and i was cruising along at around 50mph in 5th gear most of the way.
Modified by numbnuts240 at 11:09 AM 4/5/2010

[Dire91]

Sweet trip! I've been there before!1 I'm like 45 minutes away tops.

[Jesda]

the brown one was standing there staring at me for a second. by the time i got the camera ready, he was back down to eating.

You don't have to talk about me like I'm a woodland creature okay

[Dattebayo]

Llamas can be used for bacon, ya know.

[ProudNissanFreak]

You don't have to talk about me like I'm a woodland creature okay

lmfao!!!

[numbnuts240]

You don't have to talk about me like I'm a woodland creature okay

stop freezing in my headlights and scampering away when i approach you for a good ole fashioned petting.

[RobPaulson]

jesda likes blood orgies. ha.

[Otto.]

You don't have to talk about me like I'm a woodland creature okay

LOL

Good trip thread thing. Idunno.

[fiznowler]

Looks like a fun trip! My 240 doesn't seem to get near that kind of gas mileage. I guess I have never really checked though and i know i have an 02 sensor that is bad.

[93coupe]

I wish my car got that kind of gas mileage. I will have to look into a ka swap.

Nice pictures, Tito. Nothing like cruising the countryside in your car. I did that this morning.

Llamas weird me out.

[numbnuts240]

Looks like a fun trip! My 240 doesn't seem to get near that kind of gas mileage. I guess I have never really checked though and i know i have an 02 sensor that is bad.

proof that zenki > kouki. do a front end conversion and watch your mpg increase exponentially

[tiger-SE-R]

next, off to mark's house to rev the engine incessantly in hopes to wake up a sleeping mrs. mark (failed mission btw ).

its better she wuz sleeping.

Pregnant and overtired and woken up with people in the house= the devil

[numbnuts240]

we weren't in the house. and i'm not just people, y0, i'm uncle tito.

[tiger-SE-R]

we weren't in the house. and i'm not just people, y0, i'm uncle tito.

I knows who you iz, but try telling her that.

She is not rational at all now. She flipped out about forks last night. FORKS I say

[numbnuts240]

you didn't tell her to "fork off" did you? my old man tried that one out once, didn't go over so well

[tiger-SE-R]

nah lol

I have a habit of leaving silverware when I do dishes. I'll do everything but

So after I cooked dinner, it was time to eat, but no fork was in sight

[numbnuts240]

[nissangirl74]

She is not rational at all now. She flipped out about forks last night. FORKS I say

Another good reason to get the snip!

Cool road trip Tito! Your gf needs to learn how to take pics at high speeds.

[numbnuts240]

Cool road trip Tito!

mount washington is high up on the list of possible locations for the next one.