Rally Alley at the Cyclones! AND Weiner dog races!

Julie and I signed up for Rally Alley

They let us down under the stands to be part of welcoming the Cyclone's team onto the ice.  We got right up at the front where we could see the ice and the players well.  It was just a different and fun way to enjoy the pre-game show and hype. It's fun enjoying the spectacle with my girl!

This army man rolls around the dash of my Jeep

It's fun to see the various places he ends up and the poses he strikes.  Here, he's on high alert near Andy's apartments, hahahaha.

I bought these for Julie when we met Alton Brown

We were browsing in the bookstore and I saw these.  I love the way they catch the light.  They look especially good when the sun hits Julie's hair too❣️

Plans are being made…!

Looks like I will be heading out west for some wheelin' in April next year.  I'll be headed out to the town Matt from Matt's Off-road Recovery lives and does most of his work, then on to Moab.  These are some shots from some of the previous trips with this group.  I plan to drive out and camp along the way.  Isaac and I have plans to connect along the way as well. I figured I better give it a shot while I can.  I'll be saving my $$$ all year. 

Lotsa red!

I have to say, all that Milwaukee stuff plays together nicely, holds up, is well designed, and seems to have the extra power and durability you sometimes need in the trades!

New shelves for the corner spot :)

Nice work pajamas dude 🤪

Another van project with Andy

He figured out another place to build some packout into his truck.  So we spent some time together over the weekend figuring it out and making it happen!  I think he just wanted an excuse to drive a stick shift again, hahahaha.

It works nicely again! Just needed a hammer and crowbar.

 Closes, seals, maybe even better than before ;)

Remember the notch in the rocks on the waterfall?!

Well, physics won and pushed me into that notch in the rocks I pointed out… So off I went to figure out how to take the door apart, get some access from behind, and pound & pull it back into shape.  You could still close the door, but it took some effort and there were gaps all along the top.  Fingers crossed, I can make it good enough.  I guess I am adding Rube Goldberg body work to my Jeep skills… Right pic shows the "improvement" after I beat on it a bit.  Going for return of function first, haha.

My used GoPro came with a remote

Now I can start and stop both Jeep camera views at the same time with one button.  It should be fun to play around with.

I might have sampled Julie’s roasted pecans…

…a little to close to their coming out of the oven! It kind of melted my plastic cup!

My next Jeep project…

So, you might have seen my doors don't like bouncing off rocks too much.  I'm going to try to gain some access from behind and bang it back into shape a bit. My plan is to get it functioning smoothly again, then re-paint it to keep rust away.  I'm sure you'll still see it a little bit.  It would be wrong to remove all the character from trails…

A nice walk during lunch a few days back

The pond is nice and full this time of year :)

At least we don’t take our annual report too seriously!