90's Superstar

There aren't too many cars that get me giddy, especially stock production cars. This, however, is definitely one of those cars that I will always flip out over. It was the ultimate exotic of my childhood and like a '96 Viper GTS (in blue w/white stripes of course), it will always be a special car to me because of how much I loved those cars as a kid. 

Red on Gold

Classics on Classics

Hayashi Racing Twins

Because legendary cars ought to have the appropriate "footwear". The Kenmeri is probably my favorite I've seen so far, with or without Hayashis.

K.I.S.S. E30

It's very rare to ever see a car that looks complete, done, perfectly executed. This is such a car, finished in a subtle yet tasteful way IMO. S50, spotless cloth interior, and unmolested exterior with that just right wheel fitment. 

Family Vaca / Pt 4

So admittedly, New Hampshire was a pretty forgettable place, or at least the southern part where we went was, so moving on, we next went to Plymouth, Massachusetts!

During the entire trip we were constantly running into motorcycles. Later we learned it was motorcycle weekend or something like that. 

Every now and then something interesting popped up such as this military themed Ural with it's customary sidecar, but there's one type of bikes I can just not bring myself to get into and that's hogs/choppers which unfortunately is what we were constantly hearing everywhere we went. 

Our stay was basically a very clean, well kept traveler's motel. Pretty basic, but 1. It was well maintained and 2. Had a great view. 

I was constantly looking at every other house/store thinking "man, that's just picture perfect", but sometimes these places can look a little too perfect. 

Sweet Series II Rover! The rest of the cars pretty much wraps up New England's general taste in cars; Wranglers, Volvos, and Subarus everywhere with the rest settling on standard Japanese picks.

At the Pilgrim museum, spotted this painting. Sort of a confusing scene here with the main fella casting a spell on everyone, the women next to him bored out of their minds, folks on the right ignoring what's going on, the dude on the bottom trying to seduce someone off scene, and lastly a couple people scattered throughout breaking down in agony over the absurdity of it all. 

I do gotta say though, the few hot rods I spotted while up here were pretty legit. 

As well as even fewer European classics that are scattered throughout the area. 

And here's the Mayflower!

Ok, it's just a live-size replica of what the real one was like. Still pretty neat to imagine being stuck on that thing for two months to sail to America. 

Pretty big monument for a rock. I still think they decided to just use this random rock back in the day. 

And so concludes my trip to New England. Beautiful place, but overall seems like a great place to vacation or retire in the later years. Now back to Cali!

Family Vaca / Pt 3

So we headed out away from Bar Harbor and out of Maine, towards New Hampshire. 

I've been lucky enough to have traveled through some amazing places, and Maine (at least during the summertime) has definitely placed a positive impression on me. The land was so surreal, it was like being in a Miyazaki film. 

And while it has nothing near the kind of cultural support California or even other states like Washington may have, there's still little surprises here and there of what you may encounter in this tiny state. 

Briefly went through Augusta but rather would forget about it as it was a pretty depressing, empty town despite being the state capital. Next stop, New Hampshire!