He needed to clear his driveway to get out for work if Ohio ever opened back up after the snow 🤪
2026-02-03
Just a pretty Sunday morning
We woke to quite a blanked of snow Sunday morning a week ago. Andy and I were glad we got home before it settled in on us. With the wind blowing out of the North East, we figured is was gonna be for real…
Fun with In-N-Out
I grabbed some of the marketing material, activity kit and shirt graphics from our trip. I like the "10 State" picture in the upper right. Fresh, simple and delicious quality you can taste. That sums it up pretty well!
A pretty wild cheese…
We got this one at Jungle Jim's. It was funky for sure. It's covered in a layer of mold that gives quite a tang to the cheese. If you leave it sit out for 30-40 mins, it's better, but still something you'd have to develop a taste for. Cool packaging, but just a little over the top for more than a spoonful at a time…
2026-02-02
Zoe as a tiny pup
This was the add Julie found that made us wanna go adopt Zoe! She was Bella at the time…. Julie ran across it in her photo album recently. What a cutie❣️
My nephew earning a few get out of jail free cards…
He likes to go around and see where he can help with his Jeep too… 🤪 I guess my dad trained us well and passed it on. Zac's dad too!
Julie’s lotion stones…
She found this new concept for lotion where it's in the shape of a bar of soap, and you just rub it around on your hand. It came in this really cool wooden box with magnet closure. She got looking into them and realized she could make the little lotion bars herself. She was successful and they work great. She bought some little tins to carry them in. Perfect.
Let’s change a wheel!
I think I forgot to post about me slicing on tire on my last off-road trip in early January. I didn't see the right end of a culvert and got to practice changing out to my spare on the fly. Luckily, I had everything we needed and I had several from the group helping out. Less than twenty minutes and I was ready to roll again.
Bad news, it's a nasty sidewall cut. Not really something you can plug or patch. I probably will, just to have a backup, but I guess I'll be getting a new tire. All my wheels are at 70% tread wear. You're not supposed to put a new tire on and mix it with old (diameter difference). So instead of rotation all five tires, I will just rotate the four used ones until they need replacement, then I can put the spare back into rotation. If I end up blowing another tire, then I could run two new ones as long as they're on the same axle. Trying not to be too "engineer brain" about it. 🤪
We got a decent amount of snow…
The bend in the roof of my portable garages is six feet high… The snow slid off the roofs and piled up between them. Looking at the temperature predictions, that's gonna be there a while!
2026-02-01
Of course Andy does this…
…instead of just using the ruler required to make the marks in the first place LOL!
Beautiful afternoon!
I decided to take my Jeep out and see if there was anyone stuck or needing help. I made the rounds and didn't find anyone, in fact i barely encountered any traffic. You sure weren't going very far in 2WD if it wasn't plowed, shoveled, or trail blazed already.
It was really pretty to see how the snow was hanging on the pine trees.
The next day
When we arrived home at 9p or so Sat night it had just barely started to snow. This is what we woke up to Sunday morning. -6º and 12" of snow…
The birds, especially the gold finches, really appreciate Julie's bird seed!
Started our trek north
Andy and I pulled out of In-N-Out burger right was they were closing at 2p Central time due to the snow and ice forecast. We pointed towards home. Our route took us across some county highways. Good part, no traffic. Bad part, pretty much snow covered. We actually made good time and didn't have any problems. It was kind of fun making our way through it. My Crosstrek as good all wheel drives and snow rated tires, so that helped for sure!
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