I failed to mention in my last post that Sunday marked the beginning of the Formula 1 and Moto GP racing seasons. The Formula 1 race was in Australia and I recorded it. Fernando Alonso had a frightening crash – it didn’t look survivable but he walked away from it. It proves the safety of the current car design. The Moto GP race was a night race in Qatar. It was an entertaining race, I’m looking forward to the season. Moto GP is being televised on a channel called beIn Sports. I had to upgrade my DISH network programming to get this channel. It looks like we’re in for better coverage than we had on Fox in previous years.
Tuesday was a laid back day. After pickleball, I did exactly that – I laid back and read a book. You can choose to do that when you’re retired. At 3pm, Donna rode the Spyder to her piano lesson. When she came back, I took the Spyder to the Elks Lodge to follow up once again. The guy there told me that my best bet would be to come between 9am and noon to talk to the secretary directly.
After I left the Elks Lodge, I stopped at Lucky Lou’s. I found Mike Hall and a couple of the guys there. We sat together for a couple of brews and talked. On the way out, I saw a Harley parked next to the Spyder. What caught my eye was the front wheel. This bike had a huge front wheel. I’ve never seen a motorcycle with a 26-inch rim before.
Look at the diameter of that front wheel
120/50-26
Donna prepared shrimp skewers which I cooked on the Weber Q. She served them with a delicious baby squash medley with feta cheese and kalamata olive bread.
Shrimp skewers hot off the grill
I had a little trouble grilling the shrimp. The Weber Q ran out of propane a couple of minutes after I put the shrimp on. It was windy out and it took a few minutes to get the grill back up to temperature after I replaced the propane bottle. They came out fine though.
Shrimp skewer with baby squash assortment and kalamata olive bread
The wind had the palms swaying as I shot a photo of the sunset.
Palm trees swaying at sunset at Towerpoint RV Resort
This morning Donna and I played pickleball from 8am to 10am. I took a quick shower and rode the Spyder over to the Elks Lodge. I met the secretary and went over my story of applying for membership a month ago and also our plan to leave the area in April. It turned out my application had been mis-filed. He looked it over and said I should count on being at the orientation on April 18th and the induction on April 19th. So I guess we’ll be extending our stay here in Mesa, Arizona.
When I came home, I backed the Spyder into our site as usual. The wind had moved our awning mat. I grabbed it and pulled it back into place. As I did so my leg hit the end of the hot exhaust pipe on the Spyder. It burned my leg and it’s painful. Hopefully it won’t be too bad. I cooled it immediately but it still hurts. I’ll have to get started on my trailer project anyway while we have cooler weather.
I am a big F1 fan also. We made the decision to give up the dish when we went fulltime, so I have to stream the races when I can. I usually only watch Moto GP when an american is in contention. I spend more time watching Supercross and MX. I try to catch a race live when their schedule works with our travel. I hope your leg heals without too much pain.
Shawn
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Streaming eats up too much of our data plan. I spend more than I should on DISH, but I like the racing in the spring/summer and NFL in the fall/winter.
Hi Mike,
We are still enjoying all your stories!
The Best Remedy for burns of all types.
Crack 1egg and separate white from yolk.
Use only the white park of egg and apply to burn. Just rub it on, do not cover.
After an hour or so wash off the dried egg white.
You have to do this immediately after you got burnt or it won’t work. I have done this several times and it works for me.
Gary
Thanks Gary, I think I missed the window of opportunity for that. I’m using aloe vera gel and it seems to help.
I love the picture of the palm trees at dusk!
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