Quarantine Day 16

Getting out of the house has been a requirement for all of us nowadays. We try to get into the garden at least once a day unless the weather isn't cooperating. We're only going out for groceries now, and we're trying to make that once every two weeks.

So it goes without saying that I've been running the truck quite a bit. It's performed wonderfully. Since the initial servo horn issue, there have been no other problems with the Blazer. It's been a fantastic getaway for me, and my 3 year old loves playing with it. She likes to take it exploring in the backyard. We have large bushes running along the perimeter of the backyard, and she likes to climb around in them. I follow along in the truck as best as I can, although she's had me on more than one occasion dropping everything to pry her and the Blazer out of a jam. So we mostly stick to playing in the grass and along the track I've made up.

The Blazer can approach a brick face-on and climb over it. The angle of approach is just that good. Knowing that, I can use bricks as my measurement on other parts of the track to give the truck a handleable challenge.
I also want to keep as much of the course as natural as I can, so I'm not cluttering it up with a bunch of scrap wood. We have a wild side to our garden that has various natural weeds and things growing in it, and I've been driving a desire path through it. It's starting to look pretty good, and feels like a good challenge. It's very unstable terrain with an ivy bed and thick weed stalks sprouting up. It runs about three meters along the garden edge.

There's also a great stump in the ground, which I've now managed to clear at every approach angle I've tried. It just barely makes it, though. Super easy to get hung up. My wife keeps putting this clay pitcher on top of the stump, but my daughter takes it off every time we go in the garden. She knows we need to use it.

I'm so glad I got this truck. It's been a great inspiration to get me to go outside in these stressful times. It's making me have fun. It's working.

[Sorry, I don't have any pictures of recent fun. I took some video that I hope to have up on YouTube soon.]