Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

it's well past the wear bars. Fortunately, there are only about 350 mostly freeway miles left, and it should be fine.
Sounds like you should have replaced all your tires before you left, which surprises me for such an impressively technically proficient guy. Safety first...
All I could think of is you hitting a downpour on your way home and those mostly bald tires hydroplaning.
Tires and brakes, tires and brakes, had that drummed into me in my teens.
Your Mother...

When I zoomed into the campground picture looked like a lot of cold people sitting around. Wow are you folks hardy.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 30° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 45° with lots of warming sun. Did not get out of the house yesterday. Road I live on was a sheet of ice until late in afternoon. Dr. apportionment in afternoon today. Get some shopping before that. No other plans. I have be getting up to 20 minutes of exercises on bike each day. Two 10 minute runs.
Side effects from Flomax have mostly gone away. Still a Little heartburn. But every day is better.

RNG, sorry to hear you had problems during trip. Great pictures. Do some of the people haul their bike to this event?

Drew, I need too keep a better on eye on salt content in what I buy.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

23F more sun than clouds today 40F for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.:licking:
Plans for today...Go to town for some goodies and stop at 2 critter stores for food,this afternoon several wheel barrow loads wood in the base,might watch some football.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! I'm still alive, and so is the crazy person next door. Its alarm has been going off for the last half hour. I've turned the wall heater on so the fan mostly drowns out the noise. That's why I much prefer camping in the tent away from civilization, but that's just not practical when trying to make long distances on the bike.

Yes, Drew, I should have changed BOTH tires before I left. The fellow that usually brings the firewood showed up two days late, leaving us to try to burn huge tree parts one of the cooks cut down just last September. As soon as the sun dropped down below the mountain behind us, temps dropped into the low 50s, leaving us to huddle around a smoldering, smoky fire that really didn't put out much heat. I got a lot of sleep this trip, preferring the warmth of the sleeping bag, and calling it a night at eight thirty or nine o'clock each evening. Including New Year's Eve.:laughing:

Two fellows from the Reno, Nevada area did trailer bikes down, but then so did several folks from SoCal. Some just aren't very hardy when it comes to inclement weather on motorcycles. I'm very lucky the weather forecast for today is for moderate mid-sixties temperatures and sunshine instead of rain. With no windshield to hide behind, I'd have been a sopping mess in a couple of hours, and turned into a popsicle.

Hope everyone's day gets off to a great start.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Brunch was really good, too much excellent food as usual and people we don’t always see often. Nice time.

Trouble shooting the hot water heater not encouraging. About 99.9% sure computer board is toast. Replacing just that board is almost half the cost of a new unit. Then who knows if the computer was only problem?? A 2006 unit, so 13 years old. An outside unit so also gets weather, bugs, geckos, etc.

Decided to swallow the bullet and order a new one. This will be 2nd one of 4 bought same time.

Did you check air intake and vent for any blockage David. They're very sensitive to that. Does yours give you error codes? One of our shut down, a few years ago, from mud dauber nests in the vent side. It was the one, on the guests side of the house, so didn't get used very often.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! A dreary 51 and dark clouds.
RNG you’re alive after a night of only thin Sheetrock separating you from the Crazy. Quick get on your bike and go go go!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low was 31 this morning, cloudy, chance of light snow showers.

We do not know who brought the science experiment / Petri dish growing whatever virus / illness to the holiday family reunion, but it is going round robin to everyone. Some started getting sick last Saturday, more on Sunday afternoon. We think it was from our East coast travelers / visitors, going throughout the airports and being confined is a small space with a lot of other unknown people.... I am sure they transported some Southwest bugs back with them.

My turn started Tuesday afternoon. It did not seem too bad at first, but yesterday was body aches, fever, sore throat and cough. Stayed awful all day, could not sleep for more than an hour at a time last night. I am not over it yet, but feel a little better this morning, just really tired...

RNG, sorry to read about your incident with the crazy motel neighbor.... seems to be more prevalent these days. I had a Goldwing windshield break like that one time... not a pleasant experience. I found a much heavier aftermarket shield, worth every penny for it. It was about twice as thick as the OEM one, much better clarity and scratch resistance too. I hope the rest of your return trip home is uneventful.

Drew, what a very nice letter! Things like that help to restore faith in humanity.

Belated happy birthday to Roy!

Wng, hope Coco does ok on the meds.

Jay, hope you are able to dig out of your “ ice age “ ..... we have only had one ice storm of any consequence out here in the last 25 years... made a mess of things for a few days to say the least. We get a lot of freezing fog which makes things pretty without all the damage.

I think I am going to lay back down for a bit.... everyone have a great day! Prayers sent.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Interesting trip RNG.

I was picturing “The Uneasy Rider” by Charlie Daniels. I could see RNG chasing the guy around the parking lot on his motorcycle.

22° when I left for work. Phone says it’s 37° at work. Waiting for Visual Studio software install to finish.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good Morning! It was 55° here this morning and we may see 64° this afternoon. It’s been drizzling rain off and on since about 5 p.m. yesterday and NWS radar indicates it will continue here all day. We really need the rain so ... we’ll live with a cold damp day.

I’m thinking today will be a “turn on the heaters” and “work in the shop” day. I’m trying to reorganize ... to get better use of the space. I put together two unused 36” x 18” x 72” shelves yesterday to get lots of misc. items better organized and off the shop floor.

I’ve got an old Marcy weight bench, with lots of accessories, that was replaced back in 2006. It’s been gathering dust and taking up space in the shop for almost 14 years. I’m going to take it outside, next warm day we get, and pressure wash it all then touch up nicks and dings with black paint. Hopefully I can sell it for a “hard to pass on” price and get it out of the shop and into the hands of someone with a “get fit in 2020” resolution.

Hope everyone is having a great start to the New Year.

Prayers to all.

 

[jbrumberg]

23ºF for today’s low temperature; a mixed sun/clouds 29ºF presently; and I am hoping for a mostly sunny afternoon high temperature ~ 40ºF. I am still dealing with the aftermath of this last ice storm, but between the warmer temps and the rain (changing to snow) predicted for this weekend hopefully the driveway will become less slick.

RNG- An interesting trip between a crazy person in the motel room next door and having a catastrophic failure of your windshield due to wind. It’s good to read that you re-linked with old friends and made some new ones. Thanks for the pictures. I hope you return home safe and sound.

Ted- I am sorry to read about everyone getting sick from whatever bug someone picked up along the way traveling through airports and airplanes. Too many people being forced together for too long a period of time is an air borne or contact spreading invasive organism’s perfect environment. I hope you and everyone else infected recover quickly.

I hope that everyone is having a decent day today.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.