162 Days to go. Make Lemonade!

My Lenovo W510 had been having trouble with its optical drive and during startup.  There were updates for both.  The optical drive update went fine.  The BIOS update failed at the restart.  That motherboard will never start again...

I am trying to figure out what I want to do for a full size laptop and there was nothing immediately available in Olympia.  So I got a Toshiba netbook.  I can do most of my work, just with a slightly cramped keyboard and slow processor, but it is amazing what you can get for $250 out the door.

The lemonade is that now I've got a small computer for the trip to South America!

167 Days Until Departure. Shakedown, Shots & Lights.

Jim and Patty stayed with us at the lake this week.   Jim and I did some work on his bike (oil drain valve, oil change, heated grips).  Jim and I got to do a little shake down riding in the Olympics and two trips to Seattle.

While in town Jim and I went to Travel Medicine LLC and met with Dr. Francis Reido.  Jim got 5 shots, with two more to come.  I got 2 shots.

Jim's dose.

Jim loved this part.

I don't mind the shots too much. =)  Maybe they'll cure the goofey grin.

We also got prescriptions for malaria drugs, altitude sickness, antibiotics and loads of good advice about staying healthy while traveling.

Jim has the European headlamp on his 990, KTM Part No. 60014001000.  It is one of the commonly recommended upgrades for the bike.   The Euro light has two bulbs for high and low beam instead of one, the low beam stays on when the high beam is on and the reflector is improved.  We did a side-by-side comparison.  I was so impressed I ordered mine from www.blackdogcw.com the same day.  The new light arrived today and will be installed this evening.