Mark – Page 9 – Mark Pospesel (Coding and Other Stuff)

One LEGO Shop order, three Gift with Purchase sets. The bags are dubbed “Add-On Packs”, i.e. collections of loosely themed parts, one pirates and the other Halloween. I’m excited for the Halloween pack because it has a part I have been waiting almost two years for.

LEGO sets 40596 Magic Maze, 40515 Pirates and Treasure VIP Add-On Pack, and 40608 Halloween Fun VIP Add-On Pack

Hike up to the white cross on a cool and cloudy morning: 5.1 km, 272m ascent, 1h20m, 8°C ☁️. I woke up with headache and nausea, but glad I forced myself to go out. Feeling 100% better now.

View across a green pasture to a valley filled with low-lying clouds. There’s a lake hidden beneath the clouds.
View of a cloud-filled valley with a lake. A large white cross loom over a park bench in the foreground on the right. Mountains line the horizon.

Today was a gym day, my least favorite workout (because it’s not outdoors). As a sedentary tech worker approaching my mid-50’s, I figure I need to combat muscle loss (and maybe gain a little). The best part is walking there and back. Today a heron was hunting along the banks of the canal.

A great blue heron stalks prey along the near bank of a canal. The water looks green due to the reflection of grass and greenery on the far bank.

Hazy morning over the Ägerital

Asphalt farm road winding down through green pastures towards a hazy lake in the distance.

Made (American) Chinese takeout-style Hot and Sour Soup for lunch. Not bad for a first effort. This version has chicken stock, pork shoulder, and egg (original recipe). In the future I might try a vegan version.

A wok full of Chinese Hot and Sour soup

Another cool (10° C) morning on the Ägerisee, but less mist this time. Water is still warm from the summer even though it’s now October. I’d like to see how late in the season I can keep going out this year.

View of calm lake against forested hills with a bit of mist rising from the water.
View across a lake directly into the sun rising over forested hills.

Among others, set 60348 Lunar Roving Vehicle reminds me of the blue and yellow 6928 Uranium Search Vehicle from 1984 and the gray and green 6901 Mobile Lab from 1980.

Three LEGO sets of lunar vehicles from 1980, 1984, and 2022.
LEGO set 6928: Uranium Search Vehicle from 1984. This blue vehicle has yellow windows and came with white and black suited astronauts.
LEGO set 6901 Mobile Lab from 1980. This blocky gray vehicle with green windows came with white and red astronauts.

Fixed the Lunar Roving Vehicle set.

Modern LEGO moon rover set on old-school gray crater plate and populated with multiple colorful classic space guys.

LEGO Set 60348: Lunar Roving Vehicle (2022). Multi-wheeled vehicle with four hatches and two articulated arms. Includes a geode with crystal inside, a driver, and two astronauts. I like the docking hatches on the sides of the rover. These connect with the lunar base from another set.

LEGO rover with two astronauts and a geode
Two LEGO astronauts open a geode with crystal inside. A driver sits in a lunar rover nearby.
Close up of LEGO lunar rover showing a woman astronaut standing inside a docking port.

Morning view over the Ägerisee

View of a lake under a cloudy but still blue sky with green pastures in the foreground and dark green forested hills in the background.