Category: Adventures

Right before Thanksgiving, covid came to visit.  After 2 years of full time travel and working in hotspots without a single issue, we get it while both working from home.  About 5 days after exposure you get slight fever, body aches, head aches, light cough, and loss of taste/smell.  Tomoko got it first and after a few days went to CVS for a test and it came back positive. I knew it was a matter of time before I would get it.  The first week wasn’t too bad, just take it easy and sleep a lot.  Unlike a common cold, it keeps going strong for a second week.  You think you are getting better but then your fever spikes. You think you are getting better but then your cough gets much worse.  Once it gets in your lungs, then you need to get antibiotics. Tomoko had to go to the clinic and get Rx for zithromax, medrol, and codeine cough syrup.  That made a huge difference.  It can take a month for your smell and taste to return.  We both still have a lingering cough a month after.

I had the advantage of seeing this coming so I was able to hit the pony paste and HCQ a lot sooner and had a much milder time.   I did stop taking these meds after a week and that is when my fever spiked.   So keep taking your IVM, D, C, Zinc, aspirin for a full 2 weeks.    I should have also used the neti-pot to flush the sinuses  (use some iodine or peroxide) to knock the viral load down.  Also get some azithromycin to have on hand.  You want all these things readily available BEFORE you get sick.  You need to have a plan for home treatment.

The good news is we both have good natural immunity now which is orders of magnitude better than the gene therapy being pushed.

Perfect weather for a bike ride to watch the sun set.  There is a hidden park up in the hills nearby with giant sculptures of reptiles.  The flying club who does the 4th of July flyovers was out practicing too.

In the spirit of bike rotation I took the ’08 Yam WR250X out to Overton with the gang.  The little 250 held it’s ground with the big boys until they wanted to take highway 15 back.  The dirtbike gets blown around by trucks and tops out about 70mph – so I took the twisty road back home.  That is such a fun bike to ride.

Weather cooperated today for the ‘Over the Hill’ gang’s venture out to Overton.  75 miles of twisty road along the north side of Lake Mead.  The old historical restaurant is gone but it has been replaced by Criss Angel’s Breakfast, Lunch, and Pizza or CaBLiP.  It has been remodeled and caters to all the bikers and offroad enthusiests.  Breakfast was pretty good.  Criss appears to have a couple of young kids who like to ride bikes and quads in the desert.  Good for him, get the fam out of big city Vegas.

8PM last night the house make a medium loud crack sound.  Sure enough, a huge 1.8 magnitude earthquake was documented 3km away.  I think the new front porch held the house together.  We are surviving off of canned goods and awaiting FEMA shelters.   I am hoping Dutchsince will talk about this one.  Oh the humanity.

The road to Overton is the best motorcycle road around here.  75 miles each way of twisty new asphalt.  We took off at 0630 to beat the heat but caught the rain.  Turned around halfway as precious is not the best bike to be on in the rain.  The fenders are bobbed and it looks like a lawn sprinkler when going through puddles.   Still, a very good morning.

We often hear about this Greek Festival being held in Las Vegas every year, yet we have never actually attended.

This year, the dynamic duo of 6 street bistro were able to pay the visit!

It was hosted at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, with its beautiful church in very large property.

Even better, we accidentally met TayTay and Jose with their kids!  What a coincidence!

Although it was a hot day as usual for mid-September in Vegas, we had a great time there and had yummy Lamb Gyros. (love Greek Food!)

A big tray of Baklavas we purchased was enjoyed very quickly at home.  I was lucky to be able to take a picture of two of them. (so yummy!)

Local park has 2 synthetic lakes with lots of ducks.  Nice place to watch the sun go down.

Oatman is a small cowboy town in AZ that is off the grid on the old Hwy 66.  They have electricity but no cell phone or running water.  It is named for a young gal who was taken and face tattooed by the local Mohave indians.  Back when times were really tough.  Lots of burros wander the town.  We used to bring carrots for the animals but they say eating too many carrots cause digestive issues so they prefer you feed them alfalfa balls instead.

A local group of riders ventured out that way this morning before the heat hit.  We stopped at the annual ‘remodel after a fire’ at Rosies Cafe.  They did a good job.  I think Terribles sank some cash into this place so riders would fill up next door.  Smart.

Riding in 100 heat is no fun.  The bikes give off a lot of heat by themselves.  The sun and the pavement makes riding like sitting in front of a hair dryer in a sauna.  Really nice ride in morning.  I was impressed by everyone’s bikes.  4 customized HDs and a new Indian.  I took the honda as it has a 7 gal tank.  220 miles round trip.