Robert Hall

Auction on July 9th. The property, my brother's cars, motorcycles, ATVs, tractor, furniture, tools, etc. Everything goes...

Also saw a silver-blue Hyundai Ioniq 5 yesterday...first I'd seen in person, larger than it looks in photos..some really neat styling details, really sharp design.

Being up 24 hrs + one day didn't help... just completely wore myself out on PTO. I did relax and spend a few hours on one of my favorite beaches Saturday,, though.

I'm happy to see the Avalanche win...been a fan since I first moved there 25 years ago. Colorado and it's teams will always be special to me.

I do need to get my 2nd Pfizer booster... a couple weeks ago I was sick and wondered if it might have been the COVID. Had a sore throat, cough, fever, felt really run down for 2-3 days...or just a sinus infection. It came at the end of my week off. I had been to a couple of concerts the previous weekend (mostly masked) and working in the filth and muck of the mud farm, and driving a lot and not getting enough sleep. Two more weeks to go and the horror of mud farming should be over.

Saw a rough yellow Opel GT on a trailer, a sharp silver ‘68 Caddy Coupe de Ville, a new Bronco 2dr in a sharp green, and a bright yellow C8.

Saw a very clean mid 70s Mercury Grand Marquis 2dr in dark blue w/ a pumpkin colored 1/2 vinyl top..I've seen '77 Cougars in that color combo, first time I've seen a GM in that color scheme. Saw a very clean and shiny black '82 Mustang GT yesterday. On Friday saw a couple oldies on the interstate...a gray early 50s Olds 4dr sedan and a black late 30s Chevy 2dr coupe street rod.

Saw this massive Peterbilt wrecker at a gas station this afternoon.

Saw a blue gray Rivian truck and a dark red Kia Ev6 on I-77 this afternoon. Both really sharp. I like the rear ends on both.

The door window line resembles the regular Equinox more than the Blazer, IMO.

The Blazer looks sharp in that pic... wonder what the range will be.

You realize Tesla doesn't make any of that merchandise...just licensed the name and image to 3rd parties in China that make tchotchkes...

The 'Nox I drove last weekend seemed to have plenty of front seat shoulder and hip room..felt more open and spacious than my GC.

I would think that would have been a 6 speed? A 4spd auto would have been awfully outdated in 2017..that 2.4 was built in Tonawanda, NY according to Wikipedia...drove past an exit for Tonowanda on I-90 last weekend...IIRC, the '68 Camaro SS 396 my brother used to have had a Tonawanda decal on a valve cover. Perfect June weather yesterday, saw a variety of nice oldies out and about ...a gorgeous medium blue w/ black stripes '70 1/2 Camaro Z/28 with the short rear spoiler; a lime frost '65 Mustang convertible--top down, mint; a white w/ dark red interior early 80s Riviera convertible, top down, mint; a bright red '67 Camaro SS; and a very clean white '63 Impala 2dr.

Heard a similar tale at work... the Marketing Director at my company has a '15 Model S w/ 100k, bought a new Model Y as a family hauler last month.. over Memorial Day weekend while on vacation in Myrtle Beach it bricked itself. Had to rent a minivan to get back home.

Speaking of forgotten Fords, I've seen a couple Five Hundreds and a Montego lately...I can't recall when I last saw one of the modern Montegos (later renamed Sable, IIRC). I saw a clean Taurus X wagon on I-90 the other day.

Spring has been so rainy here in NE Ohio...the upside is all the rain produces green...lush green grass, trees, bushes. My yard looks great and the local parks (metro, county, state, and national) are beautifully green now. The downside is mud, mud, and more mud. Did I mention mud? I do love a climate w/ 4 distinct seasons as much as I truly, truly, deeply loathe deserts--may I never have to spend time in AZ or NV or any of those fecal dusty shitholes again... A couple pics from the National Park 10 min from my house..

I think of Seattle as a green and rainy tech hub, known for '90s grunge (I love Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, not much into Nirvana), home of Starbucks, historical home of Boeing.. I like it there..if I ever move back West, it's near the top of my list.

I think those tracks would all be on my 1987 playlist... as would many songs from 1994 through 2002, those were the years I drove the car the most...all over Michigan, Ohio and then in 1997 to Colorado... I haven't tried the CD player yet (I put a Sony single disc player in it in 1997 after the tape deck died). I have to get a new 'Michigan Engineering' decal for the rear window (had that there from grad school) and a Colorado logo plate for the front, since Ohio is now a 1 plate state... but first things first..need to get it checked out mechanically, get new tires, etc. I did find receipts and a window sticker for an oil change in 2018.

Yes. I think I need a 6 car garage. (Garage + barn).

Yeah, a lot of good memories with my 5.0. Been all over the country with it, had in Colorado for 7 years, road trips to Florida and Boston/Cape Cod, trips to Az, NM and Wyoming. It was the last fun car my Dad bought, and my first fun car. I want to save it and restore it along with my Dad’s ‘69 Mustang that he brought new. Got it out last week.

On today’s installment of #MudFarmLife, I came down and put a new battery in my Mustang, aired up the tires, it fired right up. Drove it out of the barn. Needs a new exhaust. Going to get it hauled to my mechanic and gone over. Hasn’t been on the road in maybe 7-8 years. I last drove it in 2013. 64k miles. I want to be able to drive it again and feel like it’s 1987….:)

Getting in and out because it sits so high (I need to get steps/rails), and she absolutely hates the seats on longer drives.. too narrow, too firm, can't get the seat low enough. Breaking her foot in 2020 has really impacted her mobility and flexibility...the Trax is very easy to slide in and out compared to the Jeep's high chairs. I've grown to loathe the seats myself--after driving 200 miles round trip several times a week lately, I've been getting a lot of back pain... the upper bolster in the seat feels like a knife in my spine after a while.. She and I agree my old Jeep ('00 Laredo) was much more comfortable..

Probably looking to trade the Jeep in the next two years... I try and stop every hour to hour and half..

Some metro area counties in Ohio have emissions checks, I get my Jeep tested every two years.