Temptation!

[lloyd3]

Finally got home Sunday after a nearly 2-month stay up in Nowhere, Minnesota (very near to Frostbite Falls).



When I left there early Saturday morning (last) is was overcast and cold. While buying gas in extreme northern North Dakota (at the very last exit before Canada), it started to blow & snow and I realized that I didn't have nearly enough coat on. Contrast that with what the exterior thermometer in my 8-year old Mazda was telling me as I crossed back into Colorado from Nebraska on Sunday afternoon (87-degrees!).  Four hours later, as I pulled into my driveway, it was still in the low 80s here.  Heavenly, I must tell you.



Now, not entirely heaven because my yard is completely covered in leaves that need raked and bills that need paid, there is also a freezer that is making suspicious sounds which indicates the need for a defrosting  (it all waits for you, right?).

Two days of driving too-fast (interstates are pretty wild these days, with average speeds in the mid-80s) leaves me a bit jaded for a day or two, but by Tuesday (yesterday) I was coming back to life, so-much-so that I made a lunch date with a buddy to get caught up (& to get some hunting supplies needed for my next adventure which is coming up shortly). Anyway, the "temptation" component of all this is that lunch with this buddy usually involves my '68 car, which is happily slumbering under it cover now.  If I didn't have so-much going on, I'd have dragged it out for a fun November toot! The weather here is supposed to be good for another 3-4 days and it would be a blast to finally get a Fall ride or two in for a change.



It's effectively Indian Summer here right now and man...that is just so tempting.

The freezer be-damned!

[Kern Dog]

I was at a buddy's place today, light to moderate rain most of the day. We were putting 3 point REAR seat belts in his 69 Coronet. He offered to buy lunch, so he chose to drive his '68 Dart despite the rain.



This picture was from weeks ago.
Today, it was wet. It must have impressed any car guy that saw us out on the road in wet weather just driving the car like any late model vehicle.

[lloyd3]

I'm certainly impressed.

Cleaning up after a drive in the rain is always a big job.  Not impossible mind you (and it can actually be fun) but...it's real work to do it right.

[lloyd3]

Well...I finally did it:



Headed out to lunch on a Fall day.



After lunch, got it greased and the fluids topped off (which is a free service provided by my local GreaseMonkey. [Note: my son worked here for almost 5-years & the boss is a car nut.]) for it's long slumber. I even bought some fresh fuel stabilizer.



Colorado in November (some years).



Back to bed...

[b5blue]

night night