Four seasons in one day

I awoke to the rain trails off the tires of the cars that passed our inn room this morning. A sound i'd not heard in years. Yep, it rained. Weather report called for 50% chance of rain all day long. Good thing i made the car waterproof. Before we left for our days adventures we took a few shots on the lovely grounds of the Curtis Housen Inn in Woodbury, Ct. This place was build prior to 1736, making it close to 300 years old. Its quaint, old, and full of charm. Feels almost natural to park the car out front, or back on the grass. Matter of fact one of the grounds keeper wanted to close the carriage house door before the pictures. Then gave me the, "thats a really nice car". Seems hes been eyeing it, and keeping close watch.

 

 

 

 

So, after a bit of breakfast with my bro and sister in law, had to drop the car off for an oil change. Seems that a weeks worth of 2900 miles leads to oil changes often. It'll require another when i get home in a week and a half. So while the car was in the capable hands of Franco, we took a tour of the Pez factory in Orange, CT. My bro, sister in law and I enjoyed it as much as my daughter did. I think the best part was signing the wedding card for factory worker Maria, who was getting married August 23. I talked my way into signing her card, the woman who took our cash for our store purchases said id be a great employee. I told her the commute would kill me.

Nimo, not sure it's in German.

 

 

 

We were able to get to the ocean during a break in the clouds and had lunch on the water. Just before......

Im not really allowed to talk about the how, why, where, or how of this picture. Let me just say that you better hope that you never have to meet the occupants of this, because if you do, your are going to have a very, very bad day.

 

The day ended with a pizza party with about 20 friends and family and of course the guest of honor, the Dart. As we ate and talked a hellacious storm blew into town with winds, lightning and thunder. Thankfully the hail held off and the car only got wet. By the time we left it was barely drizzling. I cant thank all of you for coming from all over the state to see us, and glad i could spend time with you all.

Tomorrow we have an easy day, and I promised Regina something special. Stay tuned. As an added bonus tomorrow is Lori's Birthday, and will be the first time she sees the car. Lori, cant wait to see you. We started the day with rain, the clouds cleared and the sun came out, then by nightfall, the skies opened up and i almost started to think i should have built an ark in lieu of a Dart. Turns out i made the right choice. Four seasons in one day.

 

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