You can own a bus if you want?!

Just a groovy $27K…! Love it though.  So retro.  

Just had to get this $5 Jeep keychain…

Look what jewels got me to celebrate our accomplishments

Fun as we enter the next phase of life together.  

It’s a serious piece. All mechanical. Swiss movement. 25 synthetic rubies in there. Self winding. 

Wow! Somebody loves me. Haha. Fitting finish to my heirloom watch collection. 

The movement is quite historical and famous. Invented in 1970. It was the first CAD designed Swiss movement.  Appropriate. I never knew anyone younger than me that drew on a drawing board for a living. And I helped her dad bring CAD to his shop when I was in college. 🤪

Zoe scored big!

I took her along to wait with me for my oil change at the dealership.  They gave her this great stuffed tofu combo! I like the little details like the OUTBARK license plate on the Outback, etc.

“Hey! Old guy working in the woods with power equipment!😋”

I like the see-through nature of my rig

It’s fun to see when the doors and/or freedom flaps are off

Zoe knows how to keep cool

She finds the shady spots while I’m airing up.

Wow! I wasn’t expecting this!

Luckily, it wasn’t me and nobody was hurt!  We even managed to put out the rig and the woods too.  A combo of splashing water and the fire extinguishers all three of us had.  Wow!  Be prepared.  Also, practice accessing your fire extinguisher and checking it.  Sometimes your gear can shift around and make it harder to get out than you’d want in an emergency…

I added a collapsible bucket to my safety gear after this.  I wished I’d had one to help with getting water where we needed it.

I made this look easy (on the second try) 🤪

 

Hanging with friends in Vinton County

It’s always fun to run some of the “unmaintained county roads” in SE Ohio.  Check out the angle of my hood compared to their rig.  I wouldn’t want to have to deliver mail or drive a school bus around there! Hahahaha.

Heading home after a long day of riding

 

The end of GOAT segment 2

I managed to finish this in the same day I started it, hahaha.  I ended at Lake Vesuvius near Ironton.  I got to take a look at the remains of this old coal fired blast furnace :)

Off-roading more like a rally car.

 The smoother, gravel roads meant I could have some fun ripping through the trails.  40mph felt like 80🤪

Along the way I got this cool pic

I liked the way the trail looped through the various state and national forests.  I’ve lost counter after five or six.  A fun way to spend an afternoon.

GOAT segment 1 finished, finally…

The weekend before last, I set out for the THIRD time to finish the 3rd segment of the great Ohio adventure trail.  I finally did it and was treated to this serene view at Shawnee lake.  Now on to number two!