Spring Break

Last week was Isaac's first spring break as a kindergartner so i took a couple of days off work to spend with the kids. We decided to take the kids out to a local farm called Space Farm, Zoo & Museum, but before we got there, we stopped by one of my favorite restaurants called Chatterbox Diner. About a year ago, during our spring drive, we had stopped by the restaurant, but unfortunately, that day it was closed. This diner is well known among car/bike enthusiasts which is why even on a random weekday, 木曜日 to be exact, there were some cool classic cars/rods just sitting out in the parking lot. Having been reading a lot about street rods on Speedhunters lately, seeing the cars intrigued me so i took a closer look and snapped some pics while i was at it.





After we got into the restaurant, there was even a giant military truck sitting right in the middle of the main dining room:



The food is typical American diner food like hamburgers and hot dogs, etc. But the one dish that i just can't pass up every time i come is the lobster roll. Not only is it tasty, but it's cheap too! For 1 lobster roll it's about $10 (or 1190円) but if you want two, it's only $15 (1785円)! That's cheap, especially if you compare it to a lobster roll in NYC which costs $25 (2975円) for one!



After lunch we headed over to Space Farm. Since it was 木曜日, it wasn't crowded at all and we got the whole place to ourselves pretty much. The downside of that was that there's supposedly a lot more things to do on the weekends, but since it was our first time there, we were pretty entertained with what they had. Here are some of the pictures we took at the farm:



Here are two baby foxes


Recently Isaac has been really intrigued by snakes so he was pretty excited when we find this giant boa constrictor sitting in the lobby


They also had a nice collection of stuffed animals (not the toys)


After we got into the farm, we were surprised to find they had a pretty big collection of vintage cars...although not in showroom condition, but more for historic record keeping-type condition.


Here's a really interesting one probably used for the snowy season




They even had a collection of classic motorcycles as well


After we got through the museum section, we got to the animals. They actually had a pretty large selection of animals that i wasn't expecting such as leopards, lions, tigers, and even hyenas which i had never see before in a zoo. Unfortunately i was too lazy to take any pictures so i don't have anything to show for it. I did happen to catch these two dirty raccoon getting it on in their den...although i think they probably would've appreciated some privacy.



And lastly here's a picture of a random ram that i kind of grew attached to because of feeding them dried corn pellets.


In the end we had fun, probably because we didn't expect much and also because they had so much random stuff there. Anyway, that's enough of the non-car related posts...time to get back to the car as i need to finish pulling my motor and cleaning the engine bay so i can get it painted!