Our RV Adventures

Needing some groceries, and Jan not having been out of the rig since last Saturday, we headed out for WalMart about 1pm,

And it looks like less and less people are worrying about using masks, just a small minority, and I saw no one wearing gloves this time. And although the rope entrance lines were still up at WalMart, people were just bypassing them and walking straight in and out. And nobody was stopping them.

And looking at the news around the country, more and more people are starting to rebel against some of the overly-strict rules. One web article talked about the rise of petty tyrants all around the country.

For example Calvert County Maryland is proposing that people only be able to shop for groceries on certain days depending of the first letter of their last names.

Or the two churches in Greenville, MS where the police raided two drive-in Easter church services and gave people $500 tickets (later dropped). And then there’s the governor of Michigan who started declaring some items sold in WalMart as essential and others as non-essential.

I’ve seen PSA’s on TV telling you to use your time at home to plant a “Victory Garden’, but Gov. Whitmer banned the sale of plant and vegetable seeds. Or the people decided to use their stay-at-home time to do some home remodeling. But the governor banned the sale of many building materials.

Or it you want to do a little solitary recreational fishing out on the lake, you can only do it in a canoe, or kayak, not any kind of powered craft, even if it’s electric.

And with all the kids at home needing things to keep them occupied for your sanity, let’s ban Arts & Crafts supplies, and of course, Toys & Games. That makes sense, right?

And, unfortunately, it’s not just the governor. A Michigan judge has issued an order authorizing a county health officer and police to arrest and jail anyone they suspect of being sick with the coronavirus.

So, let me get this straight. They’re letting real criminals out of jail to protect them from the WuFlu, while throwing WuFlu sufferers into jail. Yeah, that makes sense.

Well, all these draconian rules garnered the governor a big protest where 3000-4000 cars clogged the streets of the capitol to vent their frustration.

To paraphrase Star Wars, “The more they tighten their grip, the more people slip through their fingers.”

And then there’s the county in Montana that wants residents to wear pink armbands to be allowed to shop in local stores. At least it’s not a Yellow Star.

Yikes!

Before we left the WalMart parking lot, I put in a online order to the Black Bear Diner right across I-45 to pick up on our way home.

I got my favorite Bacon Cheeseburger Salad,

while Jan tried something new, their Roasted Turkey Dinner.

Both as good as the inhouse versions.

Thought For The Day:

I’ve gotten to the point where I go to the airport even if I’m not flying anywhere. A guy just needs a good pat-down once in a while.

g

Well, as of this morning, our September 2020 Alaskan cruise has been cancelled. Holland America says no more Alaska cruises for the rest of the year, so we have a couple of decisions to make.

We can, and will rebook the the same cruise for next year, but maybe for May 2021, rather than September 2021. On the plus side of this, we will get a 125% credit toward our replacement cruise, which we may use to upgrade our room from an Inside one to an Ocean View one. Or maybe some upgraded excursions. We’ll just have to see.

But our big decision is whether or not we’ll still head on up to Fairbanks anyway. We had planned to fly up a week before our cruise started so we spent extra time there, checking out our old haunts and favorite joints from our 5 month stay during the summer of 2008.

So one thought is that we go ahead and use our very cheap, but non-refundable plane tickets to spend our already-booked time in Fairbanks, and then book a new flight from Fairbanks to Vancouver, B.C. At that point we’ll spend a few days checking out Vancouver before flying home on our very cheap, but non-refundable plane tickets back to Houston.

That way we wouldn’t lose our tickets. But when I talked to Chantelle Nugent, our family friend/travel agent, she said that under the circumstances we may be able to rebook them for our new cruise for free, or maybe a small charge.

A possible problem with doing the Fairbanks-only trip, is that we don’t know what will actually be open when we’re there. With all the cruises cancelled, there may not be a lot of the tourist stuff open. Many of the attractions and hotels are actually owned by the cruise lines, and the lines have already said that they will all be closed too. So we’ll just have to see how it goes.

I got an email from our family physician yesterday saying that they had received a limited number of CoVid-19 Antibody Tests, and to call them if I was interested.

So now I have an appointment for Monday morning to get checked to see if I had the WuFlu back in February like I thought. They said the test only takes 15-20 minutes, so I should know before I leave. The cost with Medicare is $50, so if I’m positive, we’ll get Jan tested to see if see had it too, but was asymptomatic.

Jan and I sent off our Cologuard colon cancer tests this morning. Though it’s certainly better than a full-blown colonoscopy, it was a lot more involved that the one we did a few years ago. But at least it’s done for another couple of years. So the poop’s in the mail.

People have started receiving their Stimulus Checks, with the first bunch going out through the IRS, based on tax refunds, in the last few days. Supposedly if you’re receiving Social Security and have direct deposit, you will receive yours in the next bunch.

Or if you’re really lucky you might be like this guy who, hoping his Stimulus Check had come in, checked his ATM and found it had.

But along with his check. he apparently got a whole lot of other people’s too. Unfortunately, when he checked with the bank the next morning, it had disappeared.

Bummer!

Thought For The Day:

I like to smile at people who don’t like me. Really freaks them out.

jj