What Goes on in Other States

Here we are on Fathers Day, going to the same venue for what seems like eons, seeing the same faces only this time with no awards. Oh and I didn't attend the function at that same venue for the first time since 1994. That doesn't count the years that Mother Nature closed the venue.

Instead I visited Massholevania for the Goodguys Rod & Custom Associations, East Coast Nationals in West Springfield at the "Big E", with a hotel full of fellow Mainers and about 1500 other participants.

Great weather and tons of food meant a fun time was had by all as long as you weren't driving. A conclusion has been made on one fact. The roads in Massholevania are worse than those in the State of Maine. If you drove in Springfield you saw even worse roads than in the surrounding areas. Potholes and Dips that would make you pucker your ass so tight you wouldn't fart for a month or shit for a week.

At one point seeing a sign for uneven pavement was a joke as it led to the smoothest 10 miles on the Mass Pike. It took us 4 hours to get there via main roads at 75 to 80 mph with four lanes of traffic most of the way. The way home was via back roads that were better than goat path but worse than a Skidder Trail and that lasted only about an hour or a little longer. North of Holyoke was better but then we hit Vermont and scenery to die for after that. 4.5 hours later we were home after a stop for fuel and lunch.

All in All a great time except the drive thru Massholevania. I'd recommend this event to anyone but check your shocks before and after.