Monday, July 30, 2012

Sunday sunday sunday

Our Sunday started with a memorial church service for John. Our initial plans were to have us in New York City cruising with the top down. Once i learned of the service, we quickly modified our Sunday plans. We met with John's family again, this time without the Dart. We had a breakfast afterwards which was a location that i had lunch at many times before. It was right in front of where i had my first job at a meat market. We walked around the building for a bit, then off to meet another high school friend that i had not seen since high school. Andrea, you look great and glad we could finally meet up and have a chance to chat.

I was back at Lori's family's house for early afternoon and we sat and chatted for a while. We decided to go out for dinner and Lori and her son got their first ride in the Dart. Top down, as Dodge had intended. As we exited the restaurant, a couple spotted the car and commented on how nice it was. They waited for us to pull out. I "cleaned the tires" to show off. Lori's 11 year old son in the back seat was beaming and asked how i did that. At the next light i showed him, dumping the clutch at a moderate RPM filling the wheel wells with a cloud of smoke. Once the car finally decided to begin it's forward propulsion, i turned and i swear this kids smile swallowed his face. Lori was smiling as well and once again there was a quiet balance in life. I knew then that the trip was quite possibly the best thing i have ever done in my life.

We rode back to their house with the top down, and once in their subdivision, Lori took over the drivers seat. She got us back to the house and we put the top up for what would be my last night in CT. Lori, Art, Gillian and Dermot thank you all for the hospitality, and generosity. Art, sorry i missed you in the morning.

We're a day behind in posting, and Monday was pretty good day with some good pictures, so stay tuned and ill update in the am. Bummed my special surprise didn't work out for this week. But for a bonus, here is a link to the radio interview with Alan Taylor.

http://www.benchmarkradio.com/podcasting/MotorTrend/2012/MT_072812_HR3.mp3

 

Copy and paste that. Not just because Regina and I got interviewed, but because if you love cars, you need to get kids involved. Your kids, your neighbors kids, someone elses neighbors kids. The future of the hobby.

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