It's getting real

[MikeB60]

Just got a email from big Army.  Defiantly getting real...  

 

The U.S. Army is reaching out to gauge the interest of our retired officers, noncommissioned officers and Soldiers who would be willing to assist with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic response effort should their skills and expertise be required.

These extraordinary challenges require equally extraordinary solutions and that's why we're turning to you -- trusted professionals capable of operating under constantly changing conditions.  When the Nation called -- you answered, and now, that call may come again.

If interested and you remain qualified to serve in any of the following health care specialties: 60F: Critical Care Officer; 60N: Anesthesiologist; 66F: Nurse Anesthetist; 66S: Critical Care Nurse; 66P: Nurse Practitioner; 66T: ER Nurse; 68V: Respiratory Specialist; 68W: Medic - we need to hear from you STAT!

If you are working in a civilian hospital or medical facility, please let us know.  We do not want to detract from the current care and treatment you are providing to the Nation.

While this is targeted at medical specialties, if you are interested in re-joining the team and were in a different specialty, let us know your interest.

[Danny caddyshack Noonan]

Interesting data on infection rates per 100,000 people.  US avg vs Ski Resort Counties.  Gondolas? Chair lifts?  Bars?  Restaurants?  Rooms?  Or, the Escorts?

[Selden]

My daughter lives in New Castle, Delaware in one of my mother's single-family rentals. Yesterday an exterminator came by to deal with bedbugs in a neighboring house. He said he wouldn't go in because of COVID-19. We don't know if the tenant has been tested, but her neighbor is a woman whose autistic son has tested positive for COVID-19 — but she never bothered to tell anybody. Four of my mother's tenants (including the mother of the kid who tested positive) work for Christiana Hospital, which apparently has a longstanding problem with bedbugs. This could explain 4 infestations in 4 different properties over the past year.

 

For the past two weeks, my daughter has been complaining of a dry cough, spitting up sputum, fever, headaches, and general exhaustion. A doctor said it was a sinus infection, and put her on antibiotics a week ago. Yesterday she was tested for COVID-19. We're hoping for results by Friday. I think she'll be OK, but it's nerve-wracking.

 

Today, given a history of repeated hospitalizations for asthma and pneumonia, and coping with bronchiectasis since 2006, I decided that if I catch this disease, and if it progresses to serious breathing issues, and if there is a shortage of ventilators, I will probably tell them to use the ventilator on someone with better survival prospects.

 

Just give me plenty of something strong so that I won't care.

 

I have been taking care to avoid people (especially students at the local university) since mid-March, using wipes and hand sanitizer when appropriate, and washing my hands thoroughly when I get home from going to Walmart or the nearest supermarket, which is ~20 miles away. I think my chances avoiding infection are fairly good, but who knows. My dentist canceled all routine appointments 2 weeks ago; this afternoon my doctor's office called to postpone bloodwork for a routine checkup from April 8 to April 21. I won't be surprised if it gets rescheduled again.

 

Tomorrow's weather forecast looks like a perfect riding day.

[Rougarou]

[Rougarou]

2 hours ago, MikeB60 said:

Just got a email from big Army.  Defiantly getting real...  

 

The U.S. Army is reaching out to gauge the interest of our retired officers, noncommissioned officers and Soldiers who would be willing to assist with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic response effort should their skills and expertise be required.

These extraordinary challenges require equally extraordinary solutions and that's why we're turning to you -- trusted professionals capable of operating under constantly changing conditions.  When the Nation called -- you answered, and now, that call may come again.

If interested and you remain qualified to serve in any of the following health care specialties: 60F: Critical Care Officer; 60N: Anesthesiologist; 66F: Nurse Anesthetist; 66S: Critical Care Nurse; 66P: Nurse Practitioner; 66T: ER Nurse; 68V: Respiratory Specialist; 68W: Medic - we need to hear from you STAT!

If you are working in a civilian hospital or medical facility, please let us know.  We do not want to detract from the current care and treatment you are providing to the Nation.

While this is targeted at medical specialties, if you are interested in re-joining the team and were in a different specialty, let us know your interest.

 

If the Corps sent me a note, there'd be no second guessing, I'd drop everything to do this gig again........but, doubt they'd reach out for my previous MOS's

[TEWKS]

30 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

I figured out where all the shit paper is going! 

It’s being smoked! 
 

[Rougarou]

55 minutes ago, TEWKS said:

I figured out where all the shit paper is going! 

It’s being smoked! 
 

[MikeB60]

2 hours ago, Rougarou said:

 

If the Corps sent me a note, there'd be no second guessing, I'd drop everything to do this gig again........but, doubt they'd reach out for my previous MOS's

Same here but there there's not a great demand for 60yo infantrymen!  

[BobW03]

Saw this link on my older daughter website, I did not know there was a page for volunteer Health Professionals.

 

As a Veterinarian she has volunteered and shared the link on her facebook. They also use the same meds as humans and know how to use ventilators. 

 

Hopefully we do not need volunteers.

 

https://www.phe.gov/esarvhp/Pages/registration.aspx

[Rougarou]

8 hours ago, MikeB60 said:

Same here but there there's not a great demand for 60yo infantrymen!  

[Marty Hill]

9 hours ago, MikeB60 said:

Same here but there there's not a great demand for 60yo infantrymen!  

Nor do they need a soon to be 84 anti-sub warfare guy but I'd be game if needed.

 

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

On 3/16/2020 at 6:51 AM, Joe Frickin' Friday said:

 

Speaking of lockdown:

My 85YO dad lives in an assisted-living facility in Colorado.  My sister lives nearby and visits almost every day to take care of various odds and ends for him.  Here are the new facility policies in the wake of coronavirus:

• No doctor appointments unless critically necessary- reschedule routine visits
• No visitors at all, including PT, OT, etc
• No outings EXCEPT maybe they will try to do a scenic drive but with spacing on the bus (so yeah, probably not)
• Very limited activities with spacing, theoretically
• For now, plan to have dining room be the same, but do the meals in two shifts (to limit dining room occupant density)
• We can drop things off or mail things, no problem
• If my dad turns off his cell phone, we can call and ask them to help him turn it back on
• Residents can't go outside/leave the building

Just about a year ago a terrible wave of gastroenteritis swept through the facility, inspiring even more restrictive policies than the above.  Residents were not allowed to leave their apartments at all, even to eat; instead meals were brought to them.  That went on for a couple of weeks, and my dad was bored off his ass.  For the time being they are allowing residents to come out of their apartments and continue interacting with each other; I hope that can continue. 

 

As the case count ramps up in Colorado, the building my dad lives in has been placed on a complete lockdown.  Starting tomorrow morning, residents will not be allowed to leave their apartments at all.  People around the country are expressing frustation at the isolation that comes with official statewide lockdown actions, but for most of us, we're still allowed to go outside for exercise, to go shopping at the grocery store, and we've got enough cyber-savvy to interact with friends on a discussion board like this.  My dad, like most of the people in his building, watched his spouse die some years ago, and for the next several weeks his entire universe will consist of a bedroom, bathroom, and modest living room, as he will not be allowed to leave and socialize with his friends who live down the hall.   He gets a newspaper and Time magazine and dozens of TV channels, and he can get on the computer to read news sites, but he seldom thinks to check his email.  Staff will be stopping in several times a day to check on him and deliver meds and meals, but they're stretched thin, so they never stay more than a few minutes.  We kids will be trying to call him every couple of days, but those calls likewise only last a few minutes each.  

 

This is the kind of isolation that sends people's mental health into a tailspin - and when you're that old and frail, your physical health can soon follow.  Even if this contagion doesn't get in there, the lockdown seems likely to prematurely end a few lives.  I surely hope my dad isn't one of them.  

 

 

[Skywagon]

All this virus issue made me recall something I thought I would share with you folks...I'll try to be brief.  My best friend and I have known each other since we were 2.  We lived across the street from each other growing up.  We are best friends today even though distance and time kept us physically separated since college.  We are both 65 now.

Here is the motorcycle part.  We both love motorcycles and have owned bikes most of our lives. We've traversed much of the US on bikes.  At last years MotoGP we were reminiscing and came up with an idea.  One of us is going to go before the other.  We decided when we got home we would write a eulogy to each other and give it to his son in a sealed envelope at this years GP to hold.  That way no matter who goes first, the other persons thoughts could be read by his son.  His son who is mid 30's, a successful business person, and a motorcycle nut happily agreed to do so.  Sappy huh? ...but no matter who goes first we will be able to share a lifetime of memories with the families....things only he and I know....things funny....things important to us both.  We were best man in each others weddings almost 40 years ago.  We live some 200 miles apart and have lived thousands of miles apart...but we are after all...best friends and motorcycling was one of our earliest bonds.

[chrisolson]

1 hour ago, Skywagon said:

Sappy huh?

 

Nah ... you are fortunate to have such a long friendship.  As an "Army brat" , friends lasted 2, maybe three years as my dad's assignments changed.  Although not triggered by COVID-19, it is times like this that some of us can confront our own mortality and its great you already had a plan in place to pass on those lifetime of memories.

[TEWKS]

Starbucks drive through right now. And would you believe, I left the GS at home!  

 

[longjohn]

On 3/25/2020 at 4:57 PM, Rougarou said:

 

If the Corps sent me a note, there'd be no second guessing, I'd drop everything to do this gig again........but, doubt they'd reach out for my previous MOS's

My father served in WWII (USS Harder 257) and carried an ID card for the rest of his life.  I was under the impression that he could actually be recalled anytime, if absolutely necessary.  I may be wrong tho.

[Rougarou]

53 minutes ago, longjohn said:

My father served in WWII (USS Harder 257) and carried an ID card for the rest of his life.  I was under the impression that he could actually be recalled anytime, if absolutely necessary.  I may be wrong tho.

 

You get passed to the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), so it's possible, but it really depends on the MOS (job) required and your physical/mental abilities,......or you just may be too damn old

[ltljohn]

2 hours ago, Rougarou said:

 

You get passed to the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), so it's possible, but it really depends on the MOS (job) required and your physical/mental abilities,......or you just may be too damn old

I am 12 years past the Fleet Reserve, I would bet that most of us would go back in a minute if the need arose and they would take our old creaky bones.  I know I would.

[Selden]

E-mail from daughter earlier today: I'm negative for virus!

Yay!

However, another of my mother's tenants (another nurse from Christiana Hospital) has tested positive. Health care workers are putting their lives on the line for the rest of us.

[ltljohn]

3 hours ago, longjohn said:

My father served in WWII (USS Harder 257) and carried an ID card for the rest of his life.  I was under the impression that he could actually be recalled anytime, if absolutely necessary.  I may be wrong tho.

It seems the USS Harder SS257 had an illustrious career in the Pacific.

[TEWKS]

19 minutes ago, ltljohn said:

It seems the USS Harder SS257 had an illustrious career in the Pacific.

Wow, I guess so! 

[Bill_Walker]

On 3/25/2020 at 3:03 PM, Danny caddyshack Noonan said:

Interesting data on infection rates per 100,000 people.  US avg vs Ski Resort Counties.  Gondolas? Chair lifts?  Bars?  Restaurants?  Rooms?  Or, the Escorts?

A couple of factors:

1) I'd bet those "per 100,000 population" for ski area counties didn't count the transient population, which can easily dwarf the permanent population, so those numbers may not be comparable to other places.
2) Vail (Eagle County) and Aspen (Pitkin County), in particular, are big international draws, and the others are only slightly less so.  And there's lots of "aprés ski" activity in those places in the evening, with bars and restaurants packed with patrons.  So, lots of opportunity to bring in coronavirus from elsewhere, and lots of opportunity to spread it around while there.  A whole planeload of skiers from Mexico brought coronavirus home from a trip to Vail.  I was skiing in both Summit and Eagle counties the first week of March, including at Vail one day, but none of us on the trip has COVID-19.  BUT, we were doing day trips from Denver, so no aprés ski for us.  Pretty much our only exposure was at lunch at the on-mountain lodge.

[Rougarou]

NC has now issued the stay at home order

[Bill_Walker]

Research out of Australia:

“If we want to control the spread of COVID-19 – rather than letting the disease control us – at least eighty percent of the Australian population must comply with strict social distancing measures for at least four months,” said Professor Mikhail Prokopenko. 

 

“However, if ninety percent of the population complies, then the duration could be as short as thirteen to fourteen weeks – meaning if we began tomorrow we could expect a control of COVID-19 by July,” he said. 

 

“Conversely, if less than seventy percent of the population is adopting social distancing measures, we cannot suppress the spread of the pandemic and any social distancing could be a fruitless effort,” he said. 

 

“There is a clear trade off – stricter measures imposed earlier would reduce how long our lives are impacted by this disease. On the contrary, laxer protocols could mean a longer, more drawn out and ineffective struggle against COVID-19,” he said.

 

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/03/25/greater-social-distancing-could-curb-covid-19-in-13-weeks.html?fbclid=IwAR1MLLdNDhFDvPGkhaRLUN408wgeJPq--1LAheeQHZhBa7FuM8XTqK-JeKE

[longjohn]

8 hours ago, ltljohn said:

It seems the USS Harder SS257 had an illustrious career in the Pacific.

Yep. Dad didn’t make that final patrol with his buddies, but instead was slated to be xo on another sub. Although he never spoke of the sinking I think he was really traumatized by the loss. 

[szurszewski]

John Prine in the hospital like with COVID-19 - @Bud beat me to posting a thread

 

 

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

Earlier today I learned that someone in my office wing at the lab has tested positive for COVID-19.  Their identity wasn't revealed, but we're talking about a group of perhaps two dozen people; it's pretty much guaranteed that I know them personally, even if I don't yet know who they are.   That person was in the lab last Monday, the final day before Michigan's state-mandated lockdown, and they reportedly interacted with two other lab employees that day.  I wasn't there that day, as I was already teleworking from home and had been doing so for several days during the previous week.  It's very unlikely that I was exposed, but this is still hitting very close to home...

[John Ranalletta]

Lots of happy talk from Realtors in our market.  Looked at a condo yesterday that came close to meeting our needs, but neither of us were thrilled, mainly, because the baths and kitchens need remodeled.  Too late for that.

 

The Realtor said, "This is going to go fast.  There are showings on the hour.  Make an offer five over, meaning listing price + five thousand."  No thanks.  I think we'll be able to buy comparable in a few months for a helluva lot less.  Don't know how we can have a locked up nation, record unemployed people, financial bloodbath with everything in liquidation and expect the real estate market to hold up.  Hope I'm wrong for the nation even if it means not getting a bargain.  Keep your powder dry, boys and girls.

 

We're re-upped in the apartment through next Feb with a $1,500 buyout.  If the right thing comes along, great.  If not, so be it.  Maxifi planner shows buying vs. renting does not increase amount available for discretionary spending in foreseeable future.  The only reason to buy would be to have amenities that are more intrinsically important to us.  

 

Harbinger? Two weeks ago, I asked for a bid from Carvana for my '15 335xi on the web.  It came back at $21k.  Asked again this morning and the bid is $18.8 = 10% less.  I'm not going to sell the car, just curious.  The Carvana web site used the VIN or the tag # which means states are selling tag data.

[ltljohn]

Pennsylvania opened their on line liquor sales yesterday, the site crashed within a couple of hours.  They are now limiting how many orders a day they will take, you just have to keep trying and hope you get in.  Glad I stocked up before they closed the retail stores.

[Bill_Walker]

2 hours ago, ltljohn said:

Pennsylvania opened their on line liquor sales yesterday, the site crashed within a couple of hours.  They are now limiting how many orders a day they will take, you just have to keep trying and hope you get in.  Glad I stocked up before they closed the retail stores.

Funny, but my Facebook feed is full of ads for places that deliver liquor (for SoCal).

[szurszewski]

Washington has changed its liquor laws over the last several year and I haven’t paid attention, but while I was riding today (to deliver groceries and dog food to my parents - honest!) I went by a large Mexican restaurant and their sign out front said “Kids eat free. Now serving margaritas to go!”

 

I don’t know how that works - I would have stopped to find out, but it was 0830 and they didn’t appear to be open yet. 

[Rinkydink]

Yum yum margaritas to go!! And I always laughed at the Goldwingers with their handlebar mounted cup holders. 

[ltljohn]

47 minutes ago, Bill_Walker said:

Funny, but my Facebook feed is full of ads for places that deliver liquor (for SoCal).

Here in PA you can only buy from the state.

[ltljohn]

34 minutes ago, szurszewski said:

Washington has changed its liquor laws over the last several year and I haven’t paid attention, but while I was riding today (to deliver groceries and dog food to my parents - honest!) I went by a large Mexican restaurant and their sign out front said “Kids eat free. Now serving margaritas to go!”

 

I don’t know how that works - I would have stopped to find out, but it was 0830 and they didn’t appear to be open yet. 

When I was stationed in Jacksonville FL in '79 they had drive up windows at the liquor stores. Drive up and get a drink in a go cup.

[Selden]

14 hours ago, John Ranalletta said:

The Realtor said, "This is going to go fast.  There are showings on the hour.  Make an offer five over, meaning listing price + five thousand."  No thanks.  I think we'll be able to buy comparable in a few months for a helluva lot less.  Don't know how we can have a locked up nation, record unemployed people, financial bloodbath with everything in liquidation and expect the real estate market to hold up.  Hope I'm wrong for the nation even if it means not getting a bargain.  Keep your powder dry, boys and girls.

 

I don't know where you live, but the realtor sounds like a consummate BS artist. I don't remember where, but I read yesterday that real estate sales are expected to plummet this spring. The good news is that if you are looking for a mortgage, rates are at historic lows. 

 

Granted, prices have changed a lot, but in the depth of the Depression my grandfather's house sold for something like $3000.

[Rougarou]

9 hours ago, ltljohn said:

When I was stationed in Jacksonville FL in '79 they had drive up windows at the liquor stores. Drive up and get a drink in a go cup.

 

Louisiana still has drive thru's for booze.  They put a wee little piece of tape over the lid to comply with a "closed container".

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

On 3/31/2020 at 2:34 PM, Joe Frickin' Friday said:

Earlier today I learned that someone in my office wing at the lab has tested positive for COVID-19.  Their identity wasn't revealed, but we're talking about a group of perhaps two dozen people; it's pretty much guaranteed that I know them personally, even if I don't yet know who they are.   That person was in the lab last Monday, the final day before Michigan's state-mandated lockdown, and they reportedly interacted with two other lab employees that day.  I wasn't there that day, as I was already teleworking from home and had been doing so for several days during the previous week.  It's very unlikely that I was exposed, but this is still hitting very close to home...

 

Yesterday it was announced that a second person from our lab has tested positive.  Michigan now has 10,000 diagnosed cases and 400+ fatalities.  

[randy]

yesterday, I did not know the person, but an acquaintance of mine shared that a good friend passed away due to COVID-19.   That is the first real instance of someone I know, being infected.  So far I have been very insulated, in that I had no close friends or even acquaintances that had been infected.

 

Much like Mitch, my family self quarantined 4 weeks ago around March 9.  We were about a full week ahead of the curve.  So far so good

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

On 3/26/2020 at 9:42 PM, Joe Frickin' Friday said:

 

As the case count ramps up in Colorado, the building my dad lives in has been placed on a complete lockdown.  Starting tomorrow morning, residents will not be allowed to leave their apartments at all.

 

The above was info that my sister got from the concierge at the facility last Thursday.  As it turns out, the new restrictions are not as severe as we were led to believe:

• Residents are having meals delivered to their apartments.  this eliminates the large groups that would otherwise gather in the dining room, but it also eliminates mealtime socializing.  In addition, the logistics of individual meal delivery like this mean that the timing of meals is rather variable, and of course quality suffers a bit.
• Residents are allowed out of their apartments, but they are not allowed to enter the apartments of other residents.  This is good news for my dad, as he can still go for his daily outdoor walks around the perimeter of the property.
• Pretty much all organized group activities are off the calendar.  Residents can spontaneously gather to socialize in public areas, but only in small groups and only with separation greater than six feet.  Given that most of these people have significant hearing loss and many of them speak at diminished volume, conversation is a good bit more difficult under these circumstances.
• As before, no outside visitors.  My sister can deliver items (snacks, etc.) to the concierge, who then hands them off to my dad.  But no direct contact.  This also eliminates visits from groups who normally  come by to entertain the residents, e.g. musical performers.

I've talked to my dad a couple of times in the past week, and he seems to be doing OK so far.  Have also sent him a couple of "hope this sh*t" is over soon" type of cards just to keep him entertained.  

 

My niece is supposed to get married this summer, but at this point there are serious doubts about whether the wedding will take place as they've planned.  

[Endobob]

As motorcyclists, most of us are risk takers.   I hope and assume most of our BMWST community are taking every precaution possible and that we all (and our families) will get through this terribly disruptive Coronavirus pandemic.   Unfortunately, it may be quite sometime before we will be able to gather and ride together.

 

I am thankful to @Whip, @chrisolson, and the other administrators and organizers of our BMWST events, and particularly those that updated our online BMWST web site that has made the posting of photos and other things so easy for the rest of us.   For me the BMWST community and online forums are a key part of my mental health during this difficult time.  

[chrisolson]

53 minutes ago, Endobobdds said:

... and particularly those that updated our online BMWST web site that has made the posting of photos and other things so easy for the rest of us.   For me the BMWST community and online forums are a key part of my mental health during this difficult time.  

 

Thanks Bob,  I think that yes,  given where we were with UBBThreads, this new design is certainly more welcoming and user friendly,  We  have been successful in maintaing  and growing  a small haven of  "normal"  in the midst of the chaos.  Along with some rational discussion of the current coronavirus which is of importance to all.

 

But also its due to the tremendous BMW RT (and more) knowledge available here ...  freely and respectfully shared among motorcycle enthusiasts.

 

Beside our base of long term BMWST folks, this site continues to attract new members. 

 

 

Even in these times, note the increasing membership registrations

 

[szurszewski]

I am not good about listening to the news, but I googled "inslee" this morning (our governor here in WA) to see what was up with our about-to-expire shelter in place order. All the top hits were from "18 hours ago" - apparently I missed the news yesterday while out for my legally approved walk, but it looks like we're "in-place" another month! 

 

It's not really a big deal for us, and we were pretty much expecting to do so anyway - regardless of the governmental "suggestions" - but, man, that might drive some people over the edge. My dad included, actually - he's a leave the house every day to get some stuff done kind of guy, and he and my stepmom have been at the family beach place for a little over two weeks now. I'm certain that this is the longest period in my life he's stayed "home" including a very serious bout of pneumonia a decade or so ago when my brother and I were both sure, privately, that he was going to die. Fortunately he's got lots of outside projects around the house to work on, and I took my brother's dog out there last week so dad would have a running buddy, and he can harvest clams and oysters and geoducks on the beach...but still...another month? He'll need counseling for sure! I dropped off groceries, dog food and a big bottle of gin yesterday and my folks, who are not usually chatty, stood in the driveway and talked to me for an hour!

 

...and that's not even getting in to all the people who are going to be financially imperiled by this. I can only imagine the stress toll from that. Even if you can't get close to them, take care of your neighbors and family if you can!

 

[Shane J.]

I haven't been joy riding because I am respecting the request to stay off the roads. And the few times I have been to the bank and groceries I use the car because I was doing both errands on the same trip, and the drive through line at the bank has been 40-50 minutes of creeping along, no fun on a bike. But in the Leaf it's a piece of cake. I have managed to fix things so I can make check deposits on my phone so I can cross the bank lines off the list. So the next grocery run WILL be on two wheels. I just might have to go the southern route around the lake...

[dduelin]

I rode the RT to the 5 minute away grocery store yesterday and I took the hour long way in order to get some riding in. I did the same thing with the Goldwing two weeks ago. I know myself that I rode much further than I strictly needed to under the stay-at-home order here in Jacksonville, FL and the state of FL mandated order but a dawn patrol ride always brightens my spirits and does me good. I leave a 6:30 AM and I'm back home before 8:30, refreshed and ready to do my job for my employer. I have an essential job in logistics and all I'm doing is "riding to work".

 

 

 

[szurszewski]

1 hour ago, Shane J. said:

I haven't been joy riding because I am respecting the request to stay off the roads. And the few times I have been to the bank and groceries I use the car because I was doing both errands on the same trip, and the drive through line at the bank has been 40-50 minutes of creeping along, no fun on a bike. But in the Leaf it's a piece of cake. I have managed to fix things so I can make check deposits on my phone so I can cross the bank lines off the list. So the next grocery run WILL be on two wheels. I just might have to go the southern route around the lake...

 

I'm fortunate in that a grocery run to my folks involves an hour or better or riding - each way - and that it's very reasonable to make it a loop if I don't want to backtrack. The roads west of the sound are prettier and that's how I usually go, but now I've been opting to take the interstate one way just to see what traffic is like. 

 

For those of you not up on the geography of South Puget Sound, Olympia is just above the label for Tumwater - the distance/time box is blocking it. 

 

 

 

For those of you not up on your PNW geography even, here's a reference shot

 

 

 

Since they're likely to stay out there through the stay at home period, which now goes to Cinco de Mayo, they may need more supplies next time, - perhaps I can enlist you, @Shane J. , to help carry some cargo  on your bike. 

 

 

[Jake]

My grocery store is about 5 minutes away by car.  Yesterday by bike it was 2 hrs 45 minutes flat.  Have to do what you can to stay sane these days.

 

 

[roadscholar]

21 hours ago, Jake said:

My grocery store is about 5 minutes away by car.  Yesterday by bike it was 2 hrs 45 minutes flat.  Have to do what you can to stay sane these days.

 

 

 

That's a pretty good average, inquiring minds want to know how fast you went on Arbuckle Creek Rd? (I've ridden one of those missiles, slow is not it’s forte)

[Hosstage]

If stopped, I will explain to the officer that this motorcycle ride is necessary travel, otherwise he will be coming to my house to investigate a domestic homicide, because my wife was going to kill me if I didn't get out for a ride.

[TEWKS]

Set up this nifty little checkpoint today.  Check your temp in, check your temp out.

[ESokoloff]

12 hours ago, TEWKS said:

Set up this nifty little checkpoint today.  Check your temp in, check your temp out.

 

 

 

But wash your hands after handling a device shared with others.