Month: December 2014

Rabid…

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Yes, it is another pre-post. I’ve travelled in Africa and loved it.  And had yellow fever vaccinations, hepatitis everything vaccines and the always good tetanus.  But never Rabies.  I put the Rabies vaccine in the same category as carrying an extra litre of your own blood.  If you opt for the 3 Rabies vaccines, you still have to get 2 more if you get bit.  I’m not a huge gambler, but those were dice I was willing to roll. No dice with the husband.  I think he asked if there were any extra vaccines he could get at the travel clinic.  I think he is in Tijuana now picking up some extra antibiotics.  But his opt in on Rabies meant that I too would have to drink the not Cool-Aid.  Though I’m not good at statistics, I’m pretty sure the odds of me being the one bit if I didn’t get the vaccine were 100%.  Dogs and bats must have night vision that marks who doesn’t have the vaccine.  That’s why the vaccine is neon …

If it’s Friday, it must be Moosejaw

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It’s nearly Christmas.  Laser Ship delivery trucks are cranking, and so is T.  Every day, a new item arrives.  Every third day, one goes back. The ratios seem to be working. My favorite part is from another man in my life, Daddy dear. “Maria, where are you going again that you need a head lamp?”  He fears I’m quitting to become a professional spelunker. I was sure he was going to proud, given he’s been stocking Spam, chocolate, water and kerosene in our basement to prepare for an possible scenario. But it pays to travel with an engineer.  Where I’m technology stupid, he has recharging battery packs, rain covers for our gear, rolling water bottles.  A stocking full of holiday fun!  If I were a “real” blogger, I would post links and Amazon would give me a kickback when you too decide you need a charger the size of a lipstick.  In other words, watch this post change 2 months in when we are broke:) Photo credit: Angie Linder, 9/7/06 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/