There most certainly are some incredibly awesome places to drive. Now, I'm sure most/all of you have driven up to the Multnomah Falls or gone hiking and seen some of the natural beauty and all that. But if you get on Scholls Ferry and keep driving for about 4 miles, you suddenly end up in the middle of the country. Furthermore, there is no posted speed limit. Wow.
Keep going and make a few turns and you will suddenly end up going down some small mountain things on a street with a speed limit of 55...and many, many turns with reccomended speeds of <20 mph. What could be more awesome?
Yeah, that's a long way of saying I went exploring again today and ended up in what I think was called Yamhill County. Along the way, I witnessed no fewer than two street races and watched a slugbug almost go over a cliff. Yeah, and had some serious fun going fast too. I reccomend you all try it, but if you can, get something a bit...smaller, should I say, than an SUV. Fun to drive, but they handle like bears at high speed on turns. (And no, I didn't wreck my car. Didn't even come close. But that's cause I obeyed those speed warning things. Slugbug driver didn't. ^ ^) The other thing to note is that when they say 20mph turn, they really mean it. Take it at 25 and risk going into the other lane. Take it at 30, and if its not severely banked or uphill, you'll probably go off the road.
I now have cause to question all people who actually purchase racing videogames. Or rather, all people over the age of 16 who possess valid driver's licences. Honestally, even if you go the speed limit, it is 1,000 times better to be driving an actual car on an actual road than manipulating some pixels on a screen. Trust me. Or better yet, don't, and go for a drive yourself.
I actually worked on the site update some today, it should be set to go up by tomorrow night-ish.
As for tomorrow itself, I'm not sure yet what I'll be doing. I feel honor-bound to attend tech and make up for sleeping through the first three hours of it today, but I don't really wanna go when few people will be there and there's painting to be done. I also have a good-sized chunk of work to do between school, the site, and the videos.
Song du jour: The Impression That I Get - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
I know pep band over plays it, but its still great.
Posted by Viper37 at February 16, 2004 05:22 PM