I spotted this guy giving an impromptu sermon in front of the United Methodist Church in Waterville Maine. He said that God was mad at America for electing Obama but that God loved my generation...few...
I wonder what he is listening to on his Sony tape Walkman?
I spotted this Honda 350 in the middle of snow covered field outside Charlotte Vermont. Note the snow filled helmet.
On the drive to Sugarloaf this morning, I noticed an eight door, sky blue Oldsmobile Toronado wagon on the side of the road. A combination of coffee, Iron Maiden, and the excitement of the season's first day of shredding barred me from pulling over. On the way back, we pulled over to snap some photos.
The car reminded me of one of the cars that Isaac Hayes drove in Escape from New York.
The sky blue and rust are a cool contrast.
(Note the matching yellow splash guard)
Cruising at 63 mph on US-24 somewhere near Killington Vermont, I stumbled across a banana-yellow Scion with two beautiful, handmade Kayaks strapped on top. I flew by without stopping. For the next mile, I debated turning around for a better look. I down shifted to third, pulled U-ey, and reached for my camera.
I have always been interested with the failed marketing of the Honda Element and the Toyota's entire Scion brand. In the early 00's, auto executives decided to build some new cars specifically targeting the emerging generation Y market. They failed miserably.
These photos should make the executives at Honda and Toyota cringe for the following reasons:
1. These photos were taken in rural Vermont, not in a raging metropolis like LA, New York, or Tokyo (the stomping ground of generation Y urbanists)
2. Gingerly Strapped to this scion were two breathtakingly beautiful, handmade Kayaks. These kayaks have two implications. First, these two Kayaks were undoubtedly owned by two aging, outdoorsy, LL Bean-shopping baby boomers not the hipsters from LA. Second, the combined value of these two kayaks surely surpasses the 10,000 MSRP (+/- depending on options) that this Scion Xb rolled off the lot for in 2005, making the entire spectacle that much more odd. These empty-nesters were merely being thrifty with their most recent automobile purchase, not splurging on their first.
There is something strangely beautiful about the juxtaposition of a timeless wooden kayak and banana yellow Scion set in the backdrop of a Sunday in Vermont.
I left my job in New York in the summer of 2011 and moved into a camper. Since then, I have driven 100,000 miles around the west, surfing and camping. During the summer of 2014, I set up a home base in the Columbia River Gorge. These are some of my stories and photos.
