Is It Spring Yet?

"Thomas Nourse" (thomas) 01/30/2014 at 10:17 • Filed to: None

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I can't wait for the world to turn green again...

It wouldn't be so bad if our winters here were more bright and white and a lot less dull and brown.

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > Thomas Nourse 01/30/2014 at 10:20

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Sweet picture! Your truck?

Thomas Nourse > Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey 01/30/2014 at 10:22

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Yep... I've kept it far too clean over the past few months.

I did a little write-up on this particular outing:

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/exploration-an…

STREPITUS > Thomas Nourse 01/30/2014 at 10:29

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Did someone say green? Why wait?

Jagvar > Thomas Nourse 01/30/2014 at 10:30

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Oh God, please. Yes. Winter always sucks, but this one has been absolutely brutal. I've had enough.

I had a bad cold for half of December, I had a bad flu for half of January, my friends are all hibernating, my cars are caked in road salt, I'm tired, I'm sluggish, and I don't think I've seen the sky since November. Oh, and I turn 30 in a couple of weeks. That's not helping things.

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > Thomas Nourse 01/30/2014 at 10:31

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I really wish we had more places around here to wheel a little bit. It's all either pasture or tight woods round here. And while I've got permission to hunt/be on probably 90 percent of the land in a 20 mile radius from me, the county back roads are in tight blocks parallel to the interstate or French Creek so there's no point. There's just no where to go.

willkinton247 > Thomas Nourse 01/30/2014 at 10:32

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I agree. I also can't wait for it to rain so we can get all this salt off of the roads...

Thomas Nourse > Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey 01/30/2014 at 10:36

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I live in Louisiana so most of the local back roads are pretty unremarkable as well. Fortunately the vehicular playground that is the state of Arkansas is only ~50 miles north of me.

Sn210 > Thomas Nourse 01/30/2014 at 10:37

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Seriously, this winter has been brutal. I just want one 40 degree day so I can wash my car and rotate my tires without threat of frost bite.

Thomas Nourse > Jagvar 01/30/2014 at 10:38

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Working from home this year has kept me away from most of the winter bugs going around, but it has me even more stir crazy than in years past. I know it is getting bad when I start missing my daily commute...

Thomas Nourse > Sn210 01/30/2014 at 10:41

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I have no complaints about the weather (it was in the 50s here yesterday) - I just want the world to come back from the dead. Road adventures aren't nearly as thrilling when everything around you is so lifeless.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Thomas Nourse 01/30/2014 at 10:43

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Ah remember you posting this picture some time ago, what year is your F-150? I've recently been perusing craigslist/autotrader for one.

Thomas Nourse > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 01/30/2014 at 10:50

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It's a 2013... I'm not sure how much longer I'll have it (I'm not doing nearly as many truck things as I thought I would be doing when I bought it), but I've enjoyed it so far. The crew cab is amazingly spacious and, aside from fuel costs, I can't think of a better family road trip vehicle. Mine isn't a 4x4, but it hasn't had any trouble with anything I've encountered here in the south. I did have a few hairy moments on some steep gravel forest roads in the Smokies last summer, but I quickly learned that momentum was my friend...

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Thomas Nourse 01/30/2014 at 10:52

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Ah got ya, I feel like I would do truck things, but I wouldn't know till I have one, lol. I've been thinking about getting a boat, but I'd really only need to tow it twice, once from storage -> marina and once from marina -> storage. I know enough people with trucks that would want a free boat ride, lol. It'd be nice to have a truck to take it to other lakes. And trucks in general are very practical vehicles.

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > Thomas Nourse 01/30/2014 at 10:55

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Since its here in PA I want to head to Rausch Creek off road park one day.my truck most likely won't be near stock by then.

Thomas Nourse > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 01/30/2014 at 10:59

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Oh it has come in handy many times - new TVs, home depot trips, helping many friends move, etc. I just think I would be better off with a truck as a secondary vehicle rather than a primary and I'm spending too much money on this one for it to be a secondary vehicle.

When I first bought it I had visions of camper hauling and constant dirt road bombing, but those dreams have yet to come to fruition...

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Thomas Nourse 01/30/2014 at 11:04

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Yeah... A limiting factor for me is that I am currently street-parking. So I guess my first order of business in this regard would be to get a permanent spot somewhere so I wouldn't be worried about moving my vehicles around all the time to avoid being towed.

I hear ya on the visions coming to fruition, because all of those visions take MORE money beyond the purchase of the truck, haha.