Turns out global pandemics aren’t so easily conquered by an unsteady application of total government ineptitude, so that’s a lesson learned.
We got back to Los Angeles, found a cheap AirBnB and settled back into work.
The following are some highlights from our time back in town.
This guy at Starbucks was just chillin’ with his pet bird on his head. Eventually, the guy got up and started walking away, the little bird hopped down and then slowly hopped away down the sidewalk after him.
We spent time walking around in various types of dirt.
Down at Venice Beach, the dense fog seemed to mute all sound, and the ocean was calm as lake.
The calm in Venice Beach did not last long. We decided to go roller-skating. Melissa was so excited. We tossed on the skates, and made it about 50 feet.
Melissa is no longer excited about roller-skating.
At one point this man came to Los Angeles and followed us home:
Soon, we were face to wet nose with the real reason we came back to Los Angeles:
Viva is our friend Ramesh’s dog. We love her more than life itself, and each time he leaves her with us we hope that he forgets to pick her up.
Unfortunately, as work was picking up steam, so was the COVID infection rate in Los Angeles. Our office soon shut down again, and so we decided to go stay with my mom in San Diego. We spent Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and her birthday together, and we’ve been slowly but surely plotting our global cycling ambitions from the comfort of her living room.
