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Took the Route 7 North home in the Man beetle....

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Took the Route 7 North home in the Man beetle....

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Obligatory Volvo content.
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Some more on this great trip
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Thanks for tipping me to this route, Dirk. It’s a real nice 45-50 mph drive with no traffic
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Hmmmm, tipping the route indeed.
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CT really is a beautiful state. Looks like a great drive!
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Great pictures man, love it.
Funny those covered small bridges always reminds me of the movie "Silver Bullet" 👍

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I grab most of them from the driver seat so framing generally sucks. If there is something cool, I stop and get out, that why the 2:45 trip took 4:00

It’s the little things, like this pebble on the road...
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We chuckle over it every time we drive by it.
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That's one substantial pebble.
00 V70R Venetian Red/Charcoal M56 Swapped 214k
07 XC90 V8 AWD Sport Titanium Grey/Black 220k
92 245 White/Beige 249k
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Post by BlackBart »

Thanks for the ride. You have genuinely old buildings there.

WAIT, look at the moo.....oh...nevermind.

Your Man Beetle has no top!? Even more manly!

We have a loose tradition in my house to beepity beep beep at state line crossings. Sort of a celebration of achievement. Maybe a bit different here in the large rectangular state region. And quite awkward if you're in traffic with cars around you, so we skip it.

This is my favorite one......
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