Good Morning!!!! 53F @ 7:00AM. Sunny. High 77F. Winds light and variable.
Tried to get caught up yesterday, but house guest was up early wanting coffee before I finished. After that the morning got away...
Drew, if you set your routing preference to "shortest distance" and then set enough waypoints, you can control the route pretty closely. Be sure to preview the route, though, and set avoidances if you want to stay off dirt or toll roads. I wish there were a way to convert routes created in Google maps so that they can be uploaded to the GPS. I may have seen something in the past that did it, but something else changed to break it. Might be time for another look, as the Garmin desktop software for MacOS is just awful to use.
Hope the frame repair holds up, Mostly, and that you get many more enjoyable miles from it. I've had very good luck painting motorcycle frames with POR-15 paint and a brush. It levels out like glass and looks like a factory job.
Glad your Shingrex vaccine finally came in, Wng, been waiting a loooooooong time for mine. Not looking forward to it after hearing of your experience, though.
Drove the van to breakfast in Magalia, a community hard it by the Camp Fire last November. Very tasty breakfast burrito, good service, and the restaurant insides were all new and tastefully done. Nice to see them recovering from that disaster. Riding buddy/houseguest very impressed by all the damage still remaining: Burned out cars, giant piles of debris and tree trunks, row after row of chimneys and empty lots. Lots of work in Paradise for those needing a job.
Rode the side-by-side up to the gate to open it when he left, and met a fellow named Nathan about to hike the old road down to the lake. He came over to introduce himself, he's somewhat new to the area and looking for work. He had electrical and solar installation experience, but didn't give the right answers for me to be his next employer. Seemed to be in his 40s, with a new degree in horticulture, and seemed interested in starting a tree trimming business. That seems to me to be a young man's job, and suggested he hire himself out as a marijuana growing consultant instead. Didn't seem interested in that, but so it goes.
Van didn't throw any error codes on yesterday's drive, even the short test drive with my new house guest, with me scampering around in the back listening for rattles and squeaks. Learned that the latch for the pop top hadn't been bolted down tightly, then after it was, it rattled even more loudly. Also found several places where the glue holding sheetmetal stiffeners in place had broken free, and I'm not sure how to fix those but they're buzzing, too. I think today I'll get him to squirt water around the doors and windows while I mark the leaks with tape. And we might try to make some adjustments to hinges and such to stop them. Not sure what we'll get into after that; maybe just enjoy the view and some music on the back porch. He's got a new dobro guitar he wants to play, and that sounds like a good use of some time as well.
Hope everyone enjoys the weekend, even with a "fall back" time change.
