Out for a ride

Thursday morning, the Felice's headed out to do some sneaker shopping while Pop and Cathy headed to the local airport to pickup the brother in law pilot. We had spotted some rather nifty looking pedal bikes earlier down at the beach, so Thomas, Elizabeth and I were dropped off at the bike shop to give one a spin after lunch.










While the bike did LOOK fun, after actually getting on one, you realize that they are made of cast iron and the entertainment of pedaling one wears out in about...hmmm.. 30 yards. So the entertainment factor was short. But we did catch it on camera.

Rehoboth continued

Wednesday night included a stop at the local Tiki inspired mini golf. And there were straws hats for the borrowing. And there was much rejoicing.

Welcome to Rehoboth

We arrived Monday evening after our fun ferry trek. We have rented a house from my friend Nicholas - who has been a great host for us. Joe will be arriving tomorrow morning sometime and Eric is driving down late thursday evening after work.
Aside from Michigan poker, Arthur has been taking some spins at the Lego aircraft assembly line alongside the nephews. As for me - well...
As always, the workload at the job has hit a pinch just in time for vacation - so i am actually working while we are down there. I have had several phone meetings so far that involve me walking down a street with phone in one hand and waving the other arm wildly - all in a very public way. At least people seem to be getting out of my way.

On to Rehoboth

Leaving Owego early on Monday - the Prato's, Pop & I headed down to New Jersey to meet up with the Felice's and pay a visit to the New Jersey Myers clan and our Aunt Esther. Route 81 was under lots of construction, so we took some back roads down to Clark Summit and proceeded down to New Jersey.

Our cousin's Cindy and Joe met us at our Aunt's hospice along with Cindy's kids Shavonne and Cj. Our cousin Steven also stopped in later as well. A very nice visit, it was good to see our Aunt Esther ( my godmother btw!) Heading out of Howell, we booked down the Garden state parkway, we headed to Cape May to make our 6:oo Ferry. The ferry was a good source of amusement, before and during.





























The sea became a bit choppy - but we fixed that with additional beer.

Pimp My Golf Cart









I am starting a new sitcom! Did you know? It is gonna be great. I am trying to think of names right now...

That Gay Golf cart...

Homo Over-Haulin'

Queer eye for the ... eh never mind.... you get the point. This all started this summer at our site at Jones Pond campground. The place is rather big and hilly - and many campers have picked up golf carts to bop around. GayEvolution naturally kicks in and the carts have gotten much more upscale this season, with some campers laying out some very large bucks ($6000+ ?) for the most fabulous of rides. Eric, Jeff and I talked about picking up an old one and I considered it another creative target. All of this was on the back burner until 2 events.. Jeff found a cart for $400 and in the most egregious of events...

A bigger than life drag Queen /friend pulled up to our site July 4th to pay her due respects for the progress on our site - only to wind up taunting me with her fabulous $$$$ golf cart complete with many color changing light options. In the most evil of Drag Queen laughs - she said we could never hope to compete with her....


Oh - that Bitch pushed a button alright. And she knew it.

So what she did with $ - we will do with ~Spiteful Creativity~.

Phase one was completed this weekend. The fabulous Sassy Green Pearl paint did not come out so fabulous - but still very striking. Additional lighting, roof assembly and more dash lighting are all coming in the next month. Stay tuned....for now - some before and after pics....

























Masking and primer

























The first problem was the metallic paint. It really needs to be put on with a air gun. The spray cans really could not do the job. The other problem was that I really never checked what color primer I should use. So naturally - I picked white to help with the brightness.

OH IT HELPED ALRIGHT.

The paint came out practically neon bright ... but we still liked it.

















Eric and I spotted this fake diamond plate at the store and thought it would make for some great trimming.
























Lights and trim
























Phase One finished

Cedar Point









Eric and I trekked out to Cedar Point this past weekend for Eric's birthday.

Cedar Point also had a light show this summer over by Frontierland. At first, i dismissed it as just a lot of LED Christmas lights, but it was actually pretty neat underneath them all.



A very nice weekend. We managed to hop on the Maverick, Gemini, Millennium Force and Magnum [ my favorite ]

For me - the scariest part of these rides is the ride up. Once i get slowly up several hundred feet - I start looking off to the sides and begin the math on this Skinny tOtTeRy 7 foot wide structure and Metal fatigue. From there - the descent is a relief. Check out the Magnum Video below at the :52 second mark. YIKES.

Other videos on YouTube of our rides

Millenium Force



Maverick



Magnum



Gemini



And of course -

The Blue Streak



The oldest at Cedar Point. And yet- an interesting lesson - when we rode this "old slow" coaster - i left my camera in my shirt pocket without much thought. Yet on the first drop - the camera floated right out of my pocket and I spent the entire ride with one hand keeping it in the pocket. It made me wonder about people bringing cameras on all these other coasters. Yikes.

In years past, we have always managed to time our trip with when the park is NOT full - but this year - it was a typical[?] summer weekend - and the lines were long for a lot of rides. We did manage to hit the Hibachi restaurant in our hotel YUM