Barb
XS650 Addict
Hi Guys,
Well, I made it home from a month in Montana, caring for my 91 year-old father after he had some fairly serious medical issues. He is much better and in the care of my niece, so I was able to ride home yesterday. I didn't take Jaelith the XS sidecar bike, I took my R80 BMW, "Millie", and she ran flawlessly both ways. Since the first of May I have put 200 miles shy of 8000 miles on her, while working on the XS, which is in dire need of a working alternator.....not a real problem, but my finances are right at the limit this (and every) Summer....
Anyway, I was able to pay my Poppa back for some of the nearly 17 years he looked after me, and that felt delightful, and watching him pull himself back to nearly normal (after, among other things, internal bleeding from too much Warfarin---I hate that stuff!) was fantastic. I left him with a full freezer, a clean house, and able to walk with a walker (My old one, named "Johnny"). It was a great feeling to have helped.
Then yesterday I popped over the Bitterroots, through Idaho ("You-da-ho?) and into the blazing cauldron that is Eastern Washington State. God, it was hot. I stopped every hour at rest areas to re-do the sunscreen--I was riding in a tank-top and no jacket, not through a death-wish, but just because of the heat! Anyway, right through SPF45 I burned to a crisp and look like a raccoon this morning....you know: the usual after-trip madness.
So. I've 3 cords of wood to get in, a lawn that needs harvesting, wind-rowing and baling-----seriously, it's LONG!! Plus I need to get poor Jaelith the XS back on the road. Lots to do.....but I'll be checking in regularly unless I'm needed back in Montana. (My father has dial-up and NetZero, a lethal combination that can defeat the most determined of users.....both *suck*!!)
Anyway, I'm back. What's new in XS-Land?
Well, I made it home from a month in Montana, caring for my 91 year-old father after he had some fairly serious medical issues. He is much better and in the care of my niece, so I was able to ride home yesterday. I didn't take Jaelith the XS sidecar bike, I took my R80 BMW, "Millie", and she ran flawlessly both ways. Since the first of May I have put 200 miles shy of 8000 miles on her, while working on the XS, which is in dire need of a working alternator.....not a real problem, but my finances are right at the limit this (and every) Summer....
Anyway, I was able to pay my Poppa back for some of the nearly 17 years he looked after me, and that felt delightful, and watching him pull himself back to nearly normal (after, among other things, internal bleeding from too much Warfarin---I hate that stuff!) was fantastic. I left him with a full freezer, a clean house, and able to walk with a walker (My old one, named "Johnny"). It was a great feeling to have helped.
Then yesterday I popped over the Bitterroots, through Idaho ("You-da-ho?) and into the blazing cauldron that is Eastern Washington State. God, it was hot. I stopped every hour at rest areas to re-do the sunscreen--I was riding in a tank-top and no jacket, not through a death-wish, but just because of the heat! Anyway, right through SPF45 I burned to a crisp and look like a raccoon this morning....you know: the usual after-trip madness.
So. I've 3 cords of wood to get in, a lawn that needs harvesting, wind-rowing and baling-----seriously, it's LONG!! Plus I need to get poor Jaelith the XS back on the road. Lots to do.....but I'll be checking in regularly unless I'm needed back in Montana. (My father has dial-up and NetZero, a lethal combination that can defeat the most determined of users.....both *suck*!!)
Anyway, I'm back. What's new in XS-Land?
