2026-02-12

Chloe is NOT walking in the deeper parts of the snow…

…I repeat, Chloe is NOT walking in the deep snow.  

She's just too low slung so she opts for boat anchor mode…! Hahahaha.

A nice big snow shower earlier this week!

 


This is gonna be fun!

It looks like Jeep officially licensed this set so I get some cool logos and branding for my Legos :)

What?! You need a Lego APP to build them now🤪

Actually works pretty nicely! Great with an iPad. 

Nice to know what size a Lego offroad tire is 🤪

56 x 26mm.  There's even five! That's one more than my real Jeep had there for a while… hahaha.

2026-02-11

Julie sent me this…

Too good not to repost 🤪 🐈‍⬛

Close to two guns for every person in the US!

Peeps try and marginalize the numbers, but they're impossible to ignore. It's the majority by a really long shot! 

One more pic I deleted by mistake

I forgot to post this post ride pic from my January trip.  It was a slippery day for sure.  But everything went well, and I headed home after dinner.  It gave me more time with Jewels, and kept me from spending the night camping when it was going to be 10º in the morning.  

Speaking of Dinner, the bottom pic is Zoe just sitting at my feet while the group of us ate Mexican dinner.  A lot of the restaurants have "outdoor" so they accommodate the dogs and off-roading that seem to go together so often 🐶

I decided to start over again with my Jeep build 🤪

Julie got me this cool Lego set for Christmas. I decided I better get busy over the winter so it's ready for the spring rides, hahahaha.

Let’s try out this little guy

CRKT made a bali that takes queues from their classic M16.  As a bali, it's less then meh.  As a knife, it's a nice blade, easy to open one handed and feels good.  Hmmmm.  maybe just part of knife history that you have to keep in your collection?

2026-02-10

Overdue for a replacement

The Pentastar 3.6 is famous for developing a leaking oil cooler around 80-100,000 miles.  Mine was at 110K and leaking.  So, this past weekend, I dug into the engine and replaced it.  Wasn't too hateful of a job.  I had a mechanic friend help me out.  He knew the shortcuts we could take, what to be careful with, and was an extra set of hands.  It took us about an hour and a half.  Then I did an oil change, tire rotation, lube job, and inspection.  

Cool new race car coming…

This is the concept for Matt's next vehicle.  It's cool that they sketched up his new desert racing concept.  

A big fight broke out 🤪

All the Cincinnati area mascots played a game of broom ball during one of the period breaks.  A big brawl even broke out.  The crowd loved it!

how big they are…?!

You don't realize how big these wheels are until you try and fit one in the back of another vehicle!

Doesn’t look quite right?

I have a new spare on order… In the meantime, I'm running around with a missing wheel on the back end.  Julie doesn't think it looks quite right, in fact, she thinks it looks naked, or incomplete.  I tend to agree, hahaha.  It is lighter on the back end and tailgate for sure.