#mountain driving

[sierra-touge-bitch]

so the touge scene in los angeles is super awesome, i (the EG) went there over the weekend with my bf (the tofu 86)

another AE86 came up the mountain too, a cool treat to see

some more stories below

watching this whole group go by was like the coolest thing ever! felt like that bit in initial d first stage when the redsuns first pull up

i wish i got to take more pictures but my phone was dying. anyway, first of all? holy shit those roads are fun. very technical and the pavement is great. can definitely see why it's popular

also you can like just hang out at the top of the mountain for a bit and people will pull over and say hi and talk about the roads or your car or whatever. like maybe 5 minutes after we parked, a guy in a GR Corolla (in the first picture) came over to talk to us (it was kinda funny since he was following us at the base of the mountain but we like totally left him behind on the run up). we also talked a lot with a couple that had a GT86, a guy with a miata, and a younger dude in a BMW

all sorts of different people come up there. new cars, fancy stuff, older cars (like ours), basically every sort of sporty car was up there running the mountain

everyone up there was super cool and excited to talk to people from out of town. they were also surprised when we said our local touge roads are basically barren and we're the only ones ever up there. i also talked to another girl with an EG with a k swap, she was awesome. truly an inspiration to us women in touge

one guy in an older BMW led us on a run into the canyon and back, it taught me a lot about how to reach the limits of my car (especially that i definitely need a new radiator)

my thermostat actually ended up like sealing itself shut with some silicone that was in it so i had to get a new one the morning after. luckily it was at the end of the night, so we just pulled over and slept on the side of the road in our cars. the guy in the miata we had talked to earlier that night passed us and asked us if we were all good. reiterating, everyone up there is so fucking cool.

also apparently one of the fastest drivers in the area is a tesla? the locals just said don't mess with him

10/10 highly recommend if you're in southernish california and like driving. you'll learn SO much from just driving around with the locals. even if you don't really attack the mountain, you can talk with so many cool people about cars n shit

[artemisian-dragon]

What great mysteries lie in these woods

[movingnortheast]

Due to its steep gradients, hairpin bends, and narrow width, the pass requires careful driving and is not recommended for inexperienced or nervous drivers. It is especially challenging for larger vehicles, and during the winter months, the pass can be closed or subject to temporary restrictions due to weather conditions. Traveling through the Applecross Pass can be a thrilling experience for those who enjoy scenic drives and exploring remote areas of Scotland. However, it is essential to plan accordingly, drive cautiously, and be prepared for the challenging road conditions. Applecross Pass, also known as Bealach na Bà in Scottish Gaelic, is a mountain pass located in the Highlands of Scotland. It is situated in the Applecross Peninsula, a remote and rugged area in Wester Ross. The pass is renowned for its stunning natural beauty and challenging driving conditions. The Applecross Pass is a single-track road that winds its way up the mountainside, reaching a maximum altitude of around 626 meters (2,054 feet). It offers breathtaking panoramic views of the surrounding landscape, including the Isle of Skye, the Inner Hebrides, and the Applecross Bay.

[raycatzdraws]

Wolfie and Four friendship appreciation doodles! They're shared secrets besties! I hope Four's distrust of the shadow crystal doesn't drive anything between them. Wild found his way into this compilation with a force. It seems I can't draw Wolfie and not include him too!

[hermitcraftx]

grian talks so often about accidentally building faces in his builds that it really bothers me the like "watcher theory" side of the community that likes that sort of stuff hasn't done anything with it.

like in his latest episode he said that his newest building was "not even a quiet one. this one's screaming!" you don't want to play around with that? you don't want to entertain the idea that the watcher's favorite is cursed to craft structures out of flesh and not blocks? that his build's are alive? that everything he touches is cursed in some way? that their existence via proxy to, via being crafted by him is agony? that every house he's built has been alive, and every house he's ever abandoned take their toll on him by living inside him?

the house is alive. the house loves you. the house will never let you go.

[orofeaiel]

Sunset drive through Mount Rainier National Park

[mother-lee]

[violent138]

I love the idea that Bruce takes the Batfam on hikes outside of Gotham, and puts up with the arguing over who goes in what car, packs everyone's favourite snacks, will race with the other car if enough passengers in his egg him on. Bruce generally stays ridicuously quiet while the kids jabber enough to alert everything living in the woods near them but will weigh in once the kids debate who's strong enough to wrestle a bear, chime in on unsolved hiker cases, build fires, and carry anyone that gets tired, all while sneaking awful pictures of them.

[sentientgolfball]

Mountain: Sorry my dick got hard at the beauty of nature do you still love me?

[chickenoptyrx]

....I just wanted to draw gators :T at this point these 2 are more 'a representation of my last 2 brain cells' then they are actual characters 😅

[kodachrome-net]

Through the Mountains, Colorado, September 2023

[faaun]

what draws you back to your country what draws you back to your land when i was a kid i told myself if i ever left iran i'd never go back 2 years into living in the UK i started looking at news on iran again 10 years in and i visited it for the first time again and today i heard an iranian mother talk in farsi to her child on the train to london the way my mother used to and i wanted to cry i wanted to ask her whether they're still cutting the mountaintops whether the lakes are still drying today i showed the person i was with pictures of waterfalls and palaces and forests and snow-white north something odd pulls me back with increasing force i can't ignore it ever again

[scarletdreamers]

It's so hilarious to me how in queer media that actually accurately represents queer people (adults) there's always some kind of murder or other unforgivable mistakes involved??? Like, yeah that's my favourite genre, but why is queer cinema always some kind of psychological thriller/horror, especially the old stuff. Give us a minute to BREATHE please. Someone always DIES. I can name so many examples on this I'm actually going to write a paper on it asap, because I just think it's both so funny and interesting but also disturbing.

[ksjanes]

Mineral creek 4-wheel trail, near Silverton Co.. Roads less traveled.

K.S. Janes

[black-salt-cage]

ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚

[hermitcraftx]

The problem with a lot of traffic life interpretations in my opinion is they don't understand character foils or don't employ them in their writing. Grian-Martyn and Scar-Ren are genuinely pretty good character foils for a series that is not really scripted or planned out like a book is. I could go on and on about how they parallel each other and the similarities between them. Even the smaller details between the four usually match up

leaving the rant in the tags so I don't have a huge block of text again ueueue