Hiking... It's a Subaru Thing

 

The parking area near the Appalachain Trail leading to Bearfence Mountain said it all.

Cadillac CT5-V Spotted in Pennsylvania?

 We had stopped for a vacation visit at Ohiopyle and these two Cadillac's wearing the spotting of test cars.  They rolled in just behind us and pulled through the parking area.  The driver of the first car spotted me while walking back to the second car.  They quickly pulled away and exited the lot leaving me with only the sweet sound of the exhaust from the new perfomance set-up.  It sounded wonderful.

These look like the same two vehicles that drove through a cars and coffee at High Octane Cafe in Michigan a few weeks ago.  They had much of their camo removed for that pass through.

Once the show had moved on we went back to enjoying a different roar from the water of the Yough.

Dune Buggy

I spotted this dune buggy in the parking lot for Mentor Lagoons.  These were made possible through the work of  Bruce Meyers who decided in 1962 that he could take time off from surfing to use his boardmaking knowledge to create a fiberglass body for a dune buggy.  Using a donor Volkswagon Beetle let history be made.  I'm not sure of the body manufacturer for this one.  It doesn't seem to have the right lines for a Manx body including the hood bulge.  It was looking inviting near the shores of Lake Erie on a perfect summer evening.

The birding at Menor Lagoons is amazing too.

Big and Little

 On a visit to Knox County, I spotted this Diesel Rabbit pick-up at a parking area for the Kokosing Gap Trail.  The size of this early 80's pick-up is a huge contrast to the Chevy Silverado towering over it.  I'm certain these small diesel pick-ups were really slow even for the early 80's.  0-60 was probably in near 20 seconds.  This survivor appears to be in really good shape with only a small amount of rust on the passenger-side, front fender.

Corn and Car

We made an annual visit to the Ohio Prairie Preserves to look for hummingbirds and wildflowers.  I can usually go weeks without spotting another BRZ or 86.  Today we spotted an orange 86 in Summit County and a white 86 in Delaware, Ohio.  It was a grand day for being in a wonderful vehicle.  The image above is of Breezy parked along side a corn field while we stopped for a visit at Smith Cemetery.

Six Doors?

Streetside views create some weird images.  I saw this one recently when looking streetside at a geocache location.

A little image work created this.

We probably don't want to give GM ideas.

Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and ...

Chevrolet!

It's the Fourth of July.  It's time to enjoy some socially-distant, safe holiday fun.  We visited a friend the other evening (yes with masks and socially distant).  I didn't worry too much about staying away from this old Monte Carlo.  By the mid 90's when this Monte wore the Z34 markings to denote the 3.4l V6 under the hood, the cars were just a FWD shadow of the past.  This one is very clean inside and out with a perfect leather interior.

I liked the early ones from 70-72.  By the late 70's they were big and garish in my eyes.  This old timer is a survivor.  Happy 4th.  May you all stay safe and healthy.  The blog title today came from an old series of Chevy ads like the one below.