signal mountain swimming hole

went up to signal mtn with my lil brother; namely a pawpaw arwood's old place with his grandsons. he built the only landing strip on signal mtn and started flyin cesnas off the side of the mountain in the 50's. story goes that he had moved on to ultralights by the time they were kids...he liked to get liquored up and buzz their house a few miles on other side of the mountain and yell down at them. he had some cool old junk around the place, lots of bikes of different sizes; they said he got his first harley in the mid-1940's. after driving back up from the swimming hole, i stained my hands a deep hue picking black & blue berries; totally worth standing still long enough to get swarmed by skeeters. and what a drive it was, deep down into a ravine where a creek was plugged up sometime in the 40's. accessible by 4wd only, nathan was barely able to squeeze it in between trees in alot of spots, got bruised up in the back of the truck in others; being tossed around with two dogs poking my bare feet and family jewels with clawed paws all the way down. even though it was only nipple deep it was cold as hell, plus there was some loud gun shootings & crazy water eating dog splashings, some beer drinking and float floating going on...good times

the old landing strip

cain't wait for tomorrow

aaaaaiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!

find you guilty, witch woman

down at the ol swimming hole

best dude day ever

rode out to the swimming hole and ate breakfast. the water was nice and cold, it was turning into a hot day. swam and floated for an hour or so, had the hole to myself for half that time. super-chill-time(literally AND figuratively), floating and watching the vultures and hawks wafting up in circles, riding the thermals. must have been 20 birds up there, lazily pumping wings every 3-4 minutes., pairing up then peeling off solo again. mid afternoon i rode over to kingston springs for missy's dude day party, where many dudes proceeded to be satisfied and satisfied again. crazy good mixed drinks(can you say donut flavored vodka in a white russian) and super good bites (mmmm cream cheese stuffed jalapenos wrapped in bacon, better than the baby jesus). dude after dude was thoroughly satiated, i hated to leave paradise but the headlight had burned out and had to make the city by sundown......*sigh
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let it not come yet

the one who...

do you wanna

sam falls (hijacked from thisisnthappiness.com)

life is good

and it's gooder when you have old friends there seeing the same beautiful s#!t with ya

the pfinkmobile

3 cheers for the internets

so the internets have finally cleared up a nagging opaque dim memory that's been bugging me for years. when i was real young, maybe 6 or 7 i was with my dad leaving my mom's for visitation with him and we came across this strange ass car that was a mini camper that completely fascinated my dad, and thus me too. after decades of wondering if it was just something i dreamed up or actually real, i have finally found proof on the web. very limited knowledge on this thing to be found out there, and definitely nothing on how it came to be sitting in the parking lot of gil's iga in rutherford county out by percy priest lake(when there appears to have only been one built, and that in japan) but there is no doubt in my mind now that it was actually there and that we stood in the hot steamy summer rain and peeked in all the windows together...

“Idea” car turns a station wagon into a recreational vehicle

Toyota recently unveiled this jazzy-looking station wagon at the New York auto show. The station wagon (bottom photo) opens into a roomy camper (top). Toyota calls this 186-inch-long car the RV-2. It seats four, and stores in any garage. But the clamshell canopy can be unfolded anytime you’re parked, and there’s enough room for the passengers to eat and sleep inside. Beds, table, and chairs store neatly inside when not in use.

Modern Mechanix July 1973

The Toyota RV-2 prototype was unveiled at the 1972 Tokyo Motor Show. This bizarre 4-person camperwagon concept car was built around a Corona Mark II chassis and drivetrain. It seems that Toyota was attempting to capitalize on the popularity of the VW camper bus, but with a vehicle small enough to fit in a standard garage and practical enough to serve as everyday transport.

The rear clamshell roof pops open to reveal a tent-sized sleeping area, although I suspect the canvas top and side panels would be like sleeping under a $20 fabric tent equipped with a kick-ass 8-track stereo sound system. Alas, there was little interest from distributors or the public and the quirky design faded into the mists of time.

Of course, the biggest problem with this thing is that there's no way any sane parent would lend one to their teenage offspring for the evening....

Featured in Popular Science, July 1973

savannah

i'm too drunk to describe the immense generosity of my host in savannah, but i had a DAMN good time. i owe you bruv, mi casa es su casa anytime you feel like coming back to the ville. so good to hang wit you, one time again

tybee island

GAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

i think i blew my transmission tonight, there is def some fuckery goin on in there, she is dead AGAIN. and life had just begun the upswing, geezus. i'm floored, devastated and empty...somebody kill me pls

the streets of baltimore

view from the room






this kept running through my head the whole time i was there