Socks from Smartwool or Darn Tough.

A book about the best hikes in America. Or a book about bird watching or nature sign reading. Or a good pair of hiking socks.

I bought mine:

Allbirds shoes

Sonicare toothbrush

Gift cards for lunch at his favorite places

Dice game to play with family when we visit

I grew up listening to Car Talk on the radio with my parents and brothers. It was a thing that enabled conversations beyond politics etc.

My dad has passed - but I have sent my mom and brothers CDs of Car Talk. It is fun to hear the stories again and remember calling each other as we were spread across the country - but would all listen to it on our local station.

Dad - did you hear this weekend the one about ...

Anonymous wrote:A Snap-On Tool wall calendar.

This is AWESOME!!!!

We got ours hickory farms baskets lol they acted like we gave them a turnip

A Snap-On Tool wall calendar.

the james bond movie collection
a year of britbox so he can watch gardener's world (they sell gift certificates that prepay a whole year)
Stuff from nuts.com

These are all such great ideas. Bookmarking for birthday!

Allbirds. My dad is now obsessed.

I was going to suggest hiking poles but I see I am too late!

Anonymous wrote:You guys are great. I bought him some bulbs and a new kneeling mat and the aqua joe. Now what do I say when he says "I didn't really want to have this lawn to maintain, it's just the house I bought"

Great choices! If your dad doesn’t like them, you can mail them to me

Apple Watch so I could enable fall detection in case he fell over.

Anonymous wrote:You guys are great. I bought him some bulbs and a new kneeling mat and the aqua joe. Now what do I say when he says "I didn't really want to have this lawn to maintain, it's just the house I bought"

You could offer to put him in a home. (LOL!)

You guys are great. I bought him some bulbs and a new kneeling mat and the aqua joe. Now what do I say when he says "I didn't really want to have this lawn to maintain, it's just the house I bought"