Lookout!

We found this cool lookout tower in our campground at the end of GOAT segment 3.  We decided we needed to climb it and see the view.  Here you can see me contemplating that climb… 

John said I looked a lot like Andy (or vice versa)

The off-road adventures of Johnny and David

We slide into the swampy ditch and spawned a turtle from the jeep wheel…! We couldn’t stop laughing… Luckily, I could put it in 4WD, turn on the lockers and pull us and trailer back up out of it…

The road’s closed, let’s find out why?!

While Johnny and I were on the GOAT trail two weekends ago, we came upon a closed road when we came around the corner. The hill had experienced a mud slide and they were just finishing picking up most of the debris… They saw our rig and waved us up to try and get through. When we got to the flagger, he said, “Looks like you have the right machine for it, give it a try”! We put the Jeep in 4WD and went on our merry way. It was kind of crazy how much of the hill had melted down into the road after all the recent rain!

Julie gave me this adorable bottle of one of her perfumes

She has a few she rotates through that are my faves.

Juicy couture

Beautiful

Ysatis

L’Imperatrice

 

Julie and I had a special night of Raman!

Wagyu beef, garlic, green onions and an egg.  It was really yummy! They served the cutest little desserts too!  We’ve always wanted to try authentic Japanese noodles together.  We came close in Hong Kong, but never did.  So we were happy to find this place in Kettering. A night of “put a little life into living”. 

Still drying out…

Wet dog thinks she belongs in my lap…

70,000 pics and counting…

…and THAT’s just the good ones I wanna keep.

I think I have this half of the US represented pretty well.

Itty Bitty wants in on the blogging action too…

Actually, she just wants to be fed… Again!  That’s three times in the same week, hahahahaha.

Zoe insisting on helping me blog…

Going for a walk in spite of the rain last week.

The dog’s enthusiasm wasn’t crimped in the slightest bit.  Funny thing is though, Chloe has to stop walking to shake off the water.  Zoe just shakes as she keeps walking. Haha.

Ok, enough with the watches already…

Let’s enjoy this adorable pic of Zoe playing with her new water bottle toy❣️

Trying to get a closeup of the heartbeat of my Swiss watch

 

Watch explosion

The lower half of this pic shows are all the parts that are in my watch (no, I didn’t tear mine down).  The upper half shows a couple interior views.  Left is a front view of the movement.  You can see it because they skeletonized the face of it.  Middle shows the front of the movement without the hands.  Right is a good view of the rear of the movement with a skeletonized winder weight so you can see more of it.

Ok, one more day of watch posts…

A watch like this is a mechanical marvel to a guy like me.  In this shot you can see the intricacy of the jewels used as axles and pivots for the bearings (the four red/pink dots)/. I also enjoy the complexity of the adjuster (plus and minus scale with a pointer), and the spring of the timing balance mechanism (coils spring with a sapphire jewel in the middle).  It’s all a miniature work of art in there!

Sounds weird, but is uniquely wonderful!

Grape ice cream! Add cookie dough and marshmallow, and you have a winning combination.  They ran it for a limited time.  If they still have it and you get a chance, grab some!