There are some days, usually the sunny warm ones with the long hours, where reality can go and screw itself. These are the days when you are usually out “fishing” on the water, where the last thing you caught was a fantastic nap, or where you listen to a tune and find yourself in a completely different mindset. As a kid, it was the little league baseball field complex across the street from where I lived. I’d jump the gate, climb the netted backstop, and sit cradled in the slowly fading light of an August afternoon, picturing how my life would go once I finally grew up, became financially independent, and found myself able to do what I wanted to do. I can’t say that my daydreams were right. But I can say that I’ve done far more than what my mind came up with at the time when my lounging thoughts stayed on the “reality” side of the equation.

The other side of the reality is the fantasy. Not how life should be, but the ultimate dream, everything I ever wanted plus a little bit of unrealistic just to have a bit of fun. The YouTube channel Russian Gymkhana has pretty much nailed down the vibe of those days with this video. I believe I’m right in that translated, this one is called “Village” (Selo) and depicts a man going out into the woods, driving an old jalopy to collect some mushrooms. One or two that he nibbled upon might have been a bit more entertaining than the others, it seems. With a drift-ready Supra and a ZAZ that is built for just about anything, it seems, this is certainly a gearhead’s fantasy. Who wouldn’t love to be floating down a lazy river on your monster car?