Covid

Bridget had Covid earlier this week and it looks like I’m not going to escape it. I took a test yesterday and it showed negative. Today, I have many of the symptoms. Cough, headache, aches, fever… I have an appointment at the clinic in Castroville for this afternoon. She thinks she caught it while waiting in line at a Walgreens in Tucson.

This is a bummer. We are missing out on several of the events here at the park. It happened last year as well. At least we were able to get an appointment in a timely manner. But, of course, we had to wait quite a while in the waiting room. 

They tested me again and this time the test was positive . They prescribed some medication and we were out after a couple of hours. I think we were the last patients in the clinic. The nurse and the doctor were wonderful. 

Leaves…

Sunday - This tree drops a lot of leaves. I went through three batteries on the leaf blower moving most of the leaves onto the driveway so they could be bagged for transport to the field. There are still quite a few leaves but also more getting ready to fall. The Ural was used as my garden tractor hauling bags of leaves. 

No more gas appears to be dripping from the right carb! I’m glad that’s fixed. But, I’m still thinking of installing a gas shutoff valve or the manual Yamaha petcock and not relying on the vacuum operated petcock. 

Another Ural Task Completed

Saturday - I pulled the right carb to clean it thoroughly. It was still functional but it looked pretty grungy compared to the left carb. Plus, it looked like the needle valve wasn’t sealing very well. 

The carb is nice and clean, I’ll balance them tomorrow but the bike runs nice and smooth even after all the monkeying around with both carbs. I’ll see tomorrow if the needle valve seats better. Gas was very slowly seeping out of the bowl vent when we arrived back. That also implies that the peacock leaks. Waiting for some exhaust gaskets before it can be called “done”.

Tomorrow, I’ll need to get started on the leaves. RichardK, another lot holder, offered to trim our tree back while we were gone. He did a fabulous job! It no longer touches any part of the RV and also meets the Texas Railroad Commission’s rules about propane tank clearance. 

Ural Fixed

Friday - Is a Ural really ever “fixed”. I picked up a cheap gear puller at the local auto parts store and it eventually got the shift pedal off of the spline. But the new/used shift pedal is installed and I can now get it into first without pulling up on the heel shifter. I still want to clean the right carb as I had done the left carb. 

Overall, It was a really relaxing day. Nice after all the travel. Just under 6,000 miles on the RV plus several more thousands from WA to AK and back. Lots of travel.