Recent Trip

[sourdough]

Just completed a trip from TX to FL and thought I would give a quick rundown of what we encountered as it relates to Covid.

The trip was uneventful, all gas stations open and fuel prices were decent (not elevated at all). We did encounter 2 locations (small, remote convenience stores) in FL that required you to have a mask on to enter. That has not been the case since at any location.

We had heard about, and been warned about, the FL state line roadblock on I10 and it is there. Slows you down a little but not a lot. They divert traffic into commercial traffic, RVs/Buses and cars/pickups with officers standing by the lane separations to guide you into the proper one. It is staffed by a combination of state troopers, local sheriff dept. and what looked like either national guard and/or some kind of medical personnel (EMS/EMT?). They ask one question and the response will either get you right out or send you to the...…"fill out the form, get a card/quarantine" line. They inquire if you have been in NY, CN, LA and one other hot spot I don't remember in the last 14 days. If no...go on your way, if yes, get diverted.

Other than that it was peaceful and quiet. Traffic may have been down a bit on I10 and I20 but not much. I will say that here in FL where we are the traffic is worse than I've ever seen (been coming to this location 8 years). I guess no one is working so they just wander around. Walmart is just as busy, if not moreso, than ever. They have a sign at the door recommending wearing a mask and 1/2 do, 1/2 don't. They did appear to be pretty well stocked.

All in all not a problem with travel any more than any previous trip other than the roadblock. DW now says she wants to head to the NE when we leave here next month. I told her that I doubt that would be the same kind of trip so...….:nonono:

[1st Chev Diesel]

Sourdough (Danny) assuming you took your 5th wheel with you, I am wondering if you had any problems getting into an Rv park. It is my understanding that many private rv parks are either closed or will not take in anyone unless they are staying for at least 14 days.


Gary

[mfifield01]

Good to hear. I'm heading from TX to the family condo in Gulf Shores in about a week. Did I10 backup just before Florida? We get off I10 a few miles after going over Mobile Bay.

[sourdough]

Gary, I had no issues at any park I called; all were open and all had vacancies on the way here (4). There are no restrictions where we are (Wakulla County) on RV parks and the state advised they had none when I called them. Other places may have some local restrictions in place but I have not encountered them.

Marcus, traffic into FL was not backed up per se. It was slowed down and stopped but with 3 lanes to process vehicles and an expedient process it wasn't bad. They warned of the roadblock miles before you encountered it at the 1st commercial truck inspection station inside FL. The lines weren't long and we didn't actually slow down until about the last mile from 65 (speed limit 70) to 55, 45 then 35. Just a gradual slowing before hitting it. From what we saw you will never have any idea about the roadblock, which is a good ways inside the FL line, by the time you cut off for Gulf Shores.

[KCSA75]

They ask one question and the response will either get you right out or send you to the...…"fill out the form, get a card/quarantine" line. They inquire if you have been in NY, CN, LA and one other hot spot I don't remember in the last 14 days. If no...go on your way, if yes, get diverted.



Presumably, you drove through Louisiana. If you didn't stop did that pass muster or did you have to get in the other line.

[sourdough]

Presumably, you drove through Louisiana. If you didn't stop did that pass muster or did you have to get in the other line.


Actually we didn't go thru Louisiana. I had several conversations with the state of FL about the roadblock and what was going on. They said if you "had been in" Louisiana within the last 14 days; been in, not overnight or spent time there. If that was the case you were diverted, filled out a questionnaire and then quarantined at your location for a minimum of 14 days or however long your stay was if less than that. So I would not run afoul of that we just shot up to Texarkana and skimmed over LA staying in AR then dropped down into Vicksburg on 61 (the highway our RV park is on anyway) then resumed travel on I20. With the situation we have in FL I could not afford to be "quarantined" in the trailer for 14 days - we have more important things to do.

[gearhead]

Yep going into Louisiana will get you tagged. Our son is off work, on call only. He told me he has to answer a questionnaire when they do go back to regular hours. One of the questions is "have you been in Louisiana"? If yes, you go back home, not to work.

[gearhead]

Danny if you need another RV park near Texarkana, we use Shady Pines RV on Hwy 67 just west of Texarkana. It's our usual "first night stop" when headed that way.

[sourdough]

Danny if you need another RV park near Texarkana, we use Shady Pines RV on Hwy 67 just west of Texarkana. It's our usual "first night stop" when headed that way.


Thanks Brent. We will look into that. We take that route when going other places and enjoyed it pulling the trailer so may just start varying our route to FL instead of hitting I20 and rolling.

[mfifield01]

Yep going into Louisiana will get you tagged. Our son is off work, on call only. He told me he has to answer a questionnaire when they do go back to regular hours. One of the questions is "have you been in Louisiana"? If yes, you go back home, not to work.Is this just going into FL? Texas was doing this until May 1st.

[Cbrez]

Friends of ours are camp hosts at Myakka River and Bahia Honda State Parks. The Florida state parks have reopened and they are back at work.

[sonofcy]

Just completed a trip from TX to FL and thought I would give a quick rundown of what we encountered as it relates to Covid.

The trip was uneventful, all gas stations open and fuel prices were decent (not elevated at all). We did encounter 2 locations (small, remote convenience stores) in FL that required you to have a mask on to enter. That has not been the case since at any location.

We had heard about, and been warned about, the FL state line roadblock on I10 and it is there. Slows you down a little but not a lot. They divert traffic into commercial traffic, RVs/Buses and cars/pickups with officers standing by the lane separations to guide you into the proper one. It is staffed by a combination of state troopers, local sheriff dept. and what looked like either national guard and/or some kind of medical personnel (EMS/EMT?). They ask one question and the response will either get you right out or send you to the...…"fill out the form, get a card/quarantine" line. They inquire if you have been in NY, CN, LA and one other hot spot I don't remember in the last 14 days. If no...go on your way, if yes, get diverted.

Other than that it was peaceful and quiet. Traffic may have been down a bit on I10 and I20 but not much. I will say that here in FL where we are the traffic is worse than I've ever seen (been coming to this location 8 years). I guess no one is working so they just wander around. Walmart is just as busy, if not moreso, than ever. They have a sign at the door recommending wearing a mask and 1/2 do, 1/2 don't. They did appear to be pretty well stocked.

All in all not a problem with travel any more than any previous trip other than the roadblock. DW now says she wants to head to the NE when we leave here next month. I told her that I doubt that would be the same kind of trip so...….:nonono:
Your Walmart comment explains why you guys are doing so badly compared to us and many other countries. Good luck. Watch to see if you have a spike around early to mid June. If you do not the worst may be over, but if you do as I expect the worst is yet to come.

[travelin texans]

Your Walmart comment explains why you guys are doing so badly compared to us and many other countries. Good luck. Watch to see if you have a spike around early to mid June. If you do not the worst may be over, but if you do as I expect the worst is yet to come.

I foresee a spike everywhere, not because we are contaminating each other by being out/about, but rather they are testing 1000s more everyday so absolutely we'll see a spike in the number testing positive not necessarily a spike in any other categories. There's one category you very seldom see posted, the number that test positive that never get sick or how many did get sick & now well with no side effects.
Do myself or anyone I know intend to hibernate all summer, NO WAY! And hope like hell we don't look like China with having to wear a mask every time we leave the house.
If you feel more comfortable doing so, by all means do.
Sorry for the rant, but sick/tired of nothing but gloom/doom, self distancing, quarantine & all the paranoia!
There's only 6 months til election day, it's time for the news media to drop Covid-19 & catch up on bashing political candidates, they're already about 3 months behind!!!!


Now back to our regularly scheduled discussion on "recent trip"!

[sourdough]

Your Walmart comment explains why you guys are doing so badly compared to us and many other countries. Good luck. Watch to see if you have a spike around early to mid June. If you do not the worst may be over, but if you do as I expect the worst is yet to come.


We have a thread related to Covid that this conversation would be more appropriate in but I will stray a bit to "orate" a tad about your comment.

As Danny (the other Danny :)) mentioned, if you feel more comfortable wearing a mask everywhere you go then by all means do so. If one does not feel inclined to do that, then do that. The only reason the virus is the boogey man is hyper media and politics....period. Will the "numbers" get/seem worse going forward? Of course. It is to one party or the other's benefit to hype this to the end of the world, and drive those willing to follow each new days "fear factor". Let's look at some numbers (as I've said before, I believe in stats, not people trying to scare me for their own purposes):

As of May 11 the US had 24.66 deaths per 100,000 due to Covid. The death rate for cancer is 163.5. Rather enlightening? Do we hide everyday worrying about cancer? No. Why not? It's there; it can happen and will happen to someone, maybe you, maybe someone you know/love. Do we quit living because of it? No.

With Covid accounting for about 15% as many deaths as cancer I'm thinking I'm not going to stop living because I'm bombarded daily with the new "scare" of the day.

Now, back to our regular programming. Covid has its own thread for that conversation.

[JRTJH]

As Danny and Danny both stated so well, it's all in the statistics and how they're manipulated (provided to us) by whomever has a purpose for providing us with "their slant" on the information...

It's been said, "The number of positives is climbing".. When we were doing 100 tests a day and had 5 positives, we had a 5% rate. Now we're doing 100,000 tests a day and we have 500 positives... THEY (whoever the hell "they" are) tells us that the positives is rising rapidly.. They (those same "whoevers") fail to tell us that the rate is going down to 0.005%, a thousand fold drop in PERCENTAGES, but a "100% rise in number of positives...

It's all a matter of who wants to serve their own purpose in how the statistics are portrayed to the public....

If I were to be concerned about something, I'd still worry more about drunk drivers, cancer, flu and falling off a ladder... All of them statistically are greater dangers than COVID-19. YMMV

[Bill-2020]

Gary, I had no issues at any park I called; all were open and all had vacancies on the way here (4). There are no restrictions where we are (Wakulla County) on RV parks and the state advised they had none when I called them. Other places may have some local restrictions in place but I have not encountered them.

Marcus, traffic into FL was not backed up per se. It was slowed down and stopped but with 3 lanes to process vehicles and an expedient process it wasn't bad. They warned of the roadblock miles before you encountered it at the 1st commercial truck inspection station inside FL. The lines weren't long and we didn't actually slow down until about the last mile from 65 (speed limit 70) to 55, 45 then 35. Just a gradual slowing before hitting it. From what we saw you will never have any idea about the roadblock, which is a good ways inside the FL line, by the time you cut off for Gulf Shores.

Thats interesting - We "had" reservations at a private RV park for 4 RVs in Ocala forest for this coming long weekend. Two weeks ago I called to reconfirm and I was told they aren't allowing anyone in groups to come in. We cancelled the reservation and we're diverting to middle Georgia (from Central FL) for the long weekend at another RV park we love to go to (Twin Oaks RV Park). I was a bit irritated that it took me calling them to learn of this and having to cancel the reservation. And all this, because we were a group of 4 RVs. They said if it were just us, no group, then they could have taken us. So... what happens if we had arrived, set up and met some friendly campers next to us? Or what if our group had all called and made reservations ourselves (individually instead of me making the reservations for all of us)- then it would have been four separate campers who happened to know each other. More than one way to skin a cat - as they say.

[sourdough]

I think trying to make reservations for a "group" is more problematic than just traveling alone. Many places we go may have one or two spaces but trying to fit 4 in at one time might cause a problem. As we've found lately, more and more campgrounds are trying to go with "fulltimers" (yearly) vs overnighters/fulltimers. Just talked to the owner/developer of a new park near us and he said they would have 7 (SEVEN) overnight pull throughs. The rest for long term stays; so you can see how traveling through, making reservations for a large group, will encounter problems.

[Bill-2020]

When I called and made the reservations several months ago for that weekend, we were able to get two rigs next to each other, and the other two up the path a ways next to each other as well. This was (supposed to be) a family outing of sorts. One of them has a new trailer and that was going to be the shake-down trip with the rest of us around to help with repairs or troubleshooting. It is problematic - essentialy becoming a travel agent of sorts.

[geeman]

Thats interesting - We "had" reservations at a private RV park for 4 RVs in Ocala forest for this coming long weekend. Two weeks ago I called to reconfirm and I was told they aren't allowing anyone in groups to come in. We cancelled the reservation and we're diverting to middle Georgia (from Central FL) for the long weekend at another RV park we love to go to (Twin Oaks RV Park). I was a bit irritated that it took me calling them to learn of this and having to cancel the reservation. And all this, because we were a group of 4 RVs. They said if it were just us, no group, then they could have taken us. So... what happens if we had arrived, set up and met some friendly campers next to us? Or what if our group had all called and made reservations ourselves (individually instead of me making the reservations for all of us)- then it would have been four separate campers who happened to know each other. More than one way to skin a cat - as they say.

Cancel and rebook as singles.........yet another way to skin a cat!! Have a great stay wherever you land.

[flybouy]

Don't know about that state but here in "The People's Republic of Maryland" we are in "Stage One" Camp grounds are open BUT in all openings (like churches) no more than 10 can be in a group. Of course that's with "proper social distancing" AND it's up to the county to open under the guide lines, or partial ones if the county executive decides to. Then there's Ocean City, MD that reopened the beaches but businesses are closed except restaurants which are carry out only and liquor stores that are curbside. Of course the grocery stores and big home improvement stores are open but you have to "keep your distance".

Are we clear? Crystal clear? Yea, thought so.:banghead:

[crowbar]

As of May 11 the US had 24.66 deaths per 100,000 due to Covid. The death rate for cancer is 163.5. Rather enlightening? Do we hide everyday worrying about cancer? No. Why not? It's there; it can happen and will happen to someone, maybe you, maybe someone you know/love. Do we quit living because of it? No.

With Covid accounting for about 15% as many deaths as cancer I'm thinking I'm not going to stop living because I'm bombarded daily with the new "scare" of the day.

Comparing cancer to covid is like comparing Harley to Vespa. I'd have no problem sitting in a room full of cancer patients but if one of them had covid, I wouldn't even be in the building!

[sourdough]

Since we don't know who has Covid, and never will, would we just then go to a "safe" place and never come out until a vaccine, however effective, comes out? Something is going to get us one way or the other and there's not a thing we can do about it. Hiding from the unknown serves no purpose except to make the person hiding feel like they are doing something about it - but they aren't.

Take reasonable precautions and go about your business. As has already been said by the scientific community, only a sick person can spread the virus, they have to be in close proximity to you, they have to cough or do something to get that virus to you. 99% of the folks don't have the virus. In fact .00455% of the population has been found infected (1.52M vs 335M) or in other words, 99.5% of the population is virus free at this point. Also consider that upon the outset of the virus ALL experts agreed that a mask was ineffective for a well person in defense of the virus. They all agreed that a person infected could mitigate the spread by the use of a mask. Now, if you are infected you are quarantined until it is proven you no longer have it so.....exactly why is the entire population supposed to wear a mask, stay inside, don't shop, don't do this and don't do that while at the same time destroying MILLIONS of lives?? Since we quarantine all known cases are we grinding life to a halt because we're afraid of that .5% out there running around and that we may actually stand in front of one of them when they cough (remember that we have quarantined all that have been found infected so that .5% is smaller). It makes no logical sense in any way. If we listen to the hype of the biased media and some government officials it's the end of the world. If we stop, study and look at the numbers we see an entirely different, unscary reality. The Bible tells us to "study to show thyself approved"; this would be a good time for folks to do a little "studying" instead of being driven into a frenzy by propaganda.

[crowbar]

[QUOTE=sourdough;390893]Since we don't know who has Covid, and never will, would we just then go to a "safe" place and never come out until a vaccine, however effective, comes out? Something is going to get us one way or the other and there's not a thing we can do about it. Hiding from the unknown serves no purpose except to make the person hiding feel like they are doing something about it - but they aren't.

Take reasonable precautions and go about your business. As has already been said by the scientific community, only a sick person can spread the virus,
...You're talking to the wrong scientist. Lots of people have the virus but are not sick...
they have to be in close proximity to you, they have to cough or do something to get that virus to you.
… You can also get the virus by touching something an infected person touched and then touching your face...
99% of the folks don't have the virus. In fact .00455% of the population has been found infected (1.52M vs 335M) or in other words, 99.5% of the population is virus free at this point.
...You just stated in the opening paragraph that we don't know who has the virus and never will???...
Also consider that upon the outset of the virus ALL experts agreed that a mask was ineffective for a well person in defense of the virus. They all agreed that a person infected could mitigate the spread by the use of a mask.
...I agree and don't wear one...
Now, if you are infected you are quarantined until it is proven you no longer have it so.....exactly why is the entire population supposed to wear a mask, stay inside, don't shop, don't do this and don't do that while at the same time destroying MILLIONS of lives?? Since we quarantine all known cases are we grinding life to a halt because we're afraid of that .5% out there running around and that we may actually stand in front of one of them when they cough (remember that we have quarantined all that have been found infected so that .5% is smaller). It makes no logical sense in any way. If we listen to the hype of the biased media and some government officials it's the end of the world.
...I don't listen to any b.s. or believe everything I read. I am also unafraid...
If we stop, study and look at the numbers we see an entirely different, unscary reality. The Bible tells us to "study to show thyself approved"; this would be a good time for folks to do a little "studying" instead of being driven into a frenzy by propaganda.
...I agree but since you mention the Bible, Proverbs says "The shrewd one sees the danger and conceals himself, But the inexperienced keep right on going and suffer the consequences." Here's hoping you stay safe and healthy this year!

[sourdough]

Hoping you stay safe and well also! We all view this "thing" in our own way and take whatever precautions we deem necessary for ourselves. Don't know that there is a right or wrong way to approach it. I do know I worry more about "the one" that's going to get me being a drunk driver in the oncoming car vs this - but to each his own.

[JRTJH]

My daughter posted this on her "social media account" this morning. Very fitting, IMHO

[aaron_huber]

Do we hide everyday worrying about cancer? No. Why not? It's there; it can happen and will happen to someone, maybe you, maybe someone you know/love. Do we quit living because of it? No.

If half the people in a room would get cancer just from being there, and a couple of them were dead before the month was out, I'd like to bet people would be a bit more worried about cancer as well. :hide:

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e6.htm

Aaron

[sourdough]

If in fact I sat in a room with 122 people, rubbing elbows and sharing coughs....I had already lost my mind anyway....:lol: Again, when every person that gets sick from anything is promoted as Covid, when hospitals are paid to have "Covid", when certain factions of the government "want" the Covid numbers to skyrocket....yep, I have a filter for that "info". Now Aaron, figure that the CDC has one focus....only one, disease and what to do about it (hopefully, and without political bias...doubtfully). Making recommendations that have not a single consideration but controlling/preventing the disease without thought for the people's welfare as a whole, the country, the economy...I assume you can see that their assessment will be a little "off to one corner" along with their "direction" for the public. Again, when the numbers (stats) show that it is the most contagious thing humans have ever encountered, requiring the most drastic actions ever taken against the population in history I'll buy into it. Until then, and as is being proven the longer we watch, it's not killing the planet, it's a virus we have not seen and will take it's toll. Reasonable precautions...not thinking every human you encounter is going to infect/kill you...it makes no sense and the numbers reflect that.

[aaron_huber]

Again, when every person that gets sick from anything is promoted as Covid, when hospitals are paid to have "Covid", when certain factions of the government "want" the Covid numbers to skyrocket....yep, I have a filter for that "info".

There are obviously going to be cases where someone will have a motive for saying a person died of the virus when it was something else, and profit is always a big motive if there is extra money in it for the hospitals or insurance companies. But I think there is enough evidence to say it's a simple fact that all of a sudden far more people are dying than normally would be given the strangely consistent rate that people tend to die in our country:

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

Assuming you are correct and some or most of the "COVID" deaths are really something else, wouldn't it be a bit of a coincidence for all other causes of death to just spike all of a sudden? Especially considering that some causes of death have probably dropped recently, like less car crashes because fewer people are driving all of a sudden?

It all boils down to what you consider reasonable which is by nature a subjective thing. I think we both agree on two things: so far it hasn't been as bad as some early predictions, and the odds of bumping into someone who is infected for most people are clearly very low.

Based on my personal research, I think those things are true because of social distancing, and I'm concerned that if we start up too quickly we'll cause them to no longer be true. On the other hand, you could be right that it's true because the virus really is not a big deal.

The simple truth for me is that if it makes it less likely that I'll pass on the virus to my family and friends, especially if I'm infected and don't know it like that poor person from the choir who probably feels pretty bad, then I'm OK wearing a mask when I go out, and sticking at home when I can.

[jimborokz]

I'm guessing this whole thing will be over on Nov 4.
JMHO:whistling:

[notanlines]

I believe Travelling Texan had it right awhile back: We now take you back to our regularly scheduled programing. The Covid 19 crappola has its own thread.

[travelin texans]

I'm guessing this whole thing will be over on Nov 4.
JMHO:whistling:

I believe Travelling Texan had it right awhile back: We now take you back to our regularly scheduled programing. The Covid 19 crappola has its own thread.

Amen to both of you!

[B-O-B'03]

Actually we didn't go thru Louisiana. I had several conversations with the state of FL about the roadblock and what was going on. They said if you "had been in" Louisiana within the last 14 days; been in, not overnight or spent time there. If that was the case you were diverted, filled out a questionnaire and then quarantined at your location for a minimum of 14 days or however long your stay was if less than that. So I would not run afoul of that we just shot up to Texarkana and skimmed over LA staying in AR then dropped down into Vicksburg on 61 (the highway our RV park is on anyway) then resumed travel on I20. With the situation we have in FL I could not afford to be "quarantined" in the trailer for 14 days - we have more important things to do.

So, just driving through Louisiana, to get to Florida, is grounds for quarantine?

We were supposed to fly to Pensacola, on June 4th, to spend time with my Cousin and his GF on his 41' sailboat and I just cancelled the flight since we did not want to fly in a germ tube.

The new plan was to drive but now I might just go a day early, meet them in Jackson MS and ride the rest of the way with them.

I will be so glad when all of this ridiculousness is over.

I found some interesting stats:

Texas 1.9 deaths per 100,000 (549 total deaths)
Florida 4.0 deaths per 100,000 (866 total deaths)
Mississippi 6.1 deaths per 100,000 (183 total deaths)
Louisiana 30.2 deaths per 100,000 (1,405 total deaths)

Compared to a few other places:

California 3.3 deaths per 100,000 (1,316 total deaths)
Rhode Island1 6.1 deaths per 100,000 (171 total deaths)
Pennsylvania 12.3 deaths per 100,000 (1,576 total deaths)
Washington, D.C. 15.9 deaths per 100,000 (112 total deaths)
Massachusetts 28.5 deaths per 100,000 (1,961 total deaths)
Connecticut 39.9 deaths per 100,000 (1,423 total deaths)
New Jersey 53.5 deaths per 100,000 (4,753 total deaths)
New York 76.2 deaths per 100,000 (14,828 total deaths)

Be safe out there.

-Brian

[sourdough]

Brian, the question they ask is "have you been in xyz state in the last 14 days". If the answer is affirmative for one of the prohibited states you go to the "special" line, they take your info and then if going to be in FL you are required to quarantine for 14 days at your location (which you had to provide) or as long as you are there if less. So just driving through will put you in "that" line.

I tried to pull up your profile location info to give you more specific information but Texas Alabama is not a real location so what I've provided is all I can do.

[B-O-B'03]

Brian, the question they ask is "have you been in xyz state in the last 14 days". If the answer is affirmative for one of the prohibited states you go to the "special" line, they take your info and then if going to be in FL you are required to quarantine for 14 days at your location (which you had to provide) or as long as you are there if less. So just driving through will put you in "that" line.

I tried to pull up your profile location info to give you more specific information but Texas Alabama is not a real location so what I've provided is all I can do.

Hi Danny,

I have no idea how I ended up living in Texas Alabama :confused:, I am sure a screw up on my part.

I am in Plano and our plan now is drive to my Cousin's place, outside of Jackson MS, spend the night and ride with them to Pensacola... no mention of ever being in the "non-desirable" state of Louisiana as we drove through will be mentioned :angel:

The plan we made, back in January, was to be in Pensacola on June 4 -9, for the B.E.E.R Cruise (https://www.beercruise.info/), which has now been officially cancelled, this was the original itinerary (https://www.beercruise.info/details.html)... so now we will just add a day to either end, drive out and spend the time sailing with my favorite Cousin... just the 4 of us... social distancing and everything... good food, great company and plenty of liquor ;)

Thanks for responding.

-Brian

[mfifield01]

We drove from Texas to Alabama last Saturday. I'm about 10 miles from Florida, but have no plans to go to Florida. I've noticed that most don't wear masks in Louisiana and Alabama at stores. Almost everyone wears a mask near my home, but I live just outside of Austin. The beaches are busy, but it doesn't look like the pictures coming from the media.

[sourdough]

Hi Danny,

I have no idea how I ended up living in Texas Alabama :confused:, I am sure a screw up on my part.

I am in Plano and our plan now is drive to my Cousin's place, outside of Jackson MS, spend the night and ride with them to Pensacola... no mention of ever being in the "non-desirable" state of Louisiana as we drove through will be mentioned :angel:

The plan we made, back in January, was to be in Pensacola on June 4 -9, for the B.E.E.R Cruise (https://www.beercruise.info/), which has now been officially cancelled, this was the original itinerary (https://www.beercruise.info/details.html)... so now we will just add a day to either end, drive out and spend the time sailing with my favorite Cousin... just the 4 of us... social distancing and everything... good food, great company and plenty of liquor ;)

Thanks for responding.

-Brian


Sounds like you will be taking the same route we do; Jackson to Hattiesburg to Mobile then Pensacola. On your route you probably won't even have to stop in LA so you can just roll on through. They way the question was phrased to me required a yes or no answer so if you reply in the negative you are just waved back to the freeway. Good luck and have fun.

I will note that there is no telling what the beaches, marinas etc. will be like if they are like here. Seems with everyone "off" and nothing to do they have now found our little private beach areas we used to have basically to ourselves so in a larger area there's no telling.

[B-O-B'03]

Sounds like you will be taking the same route we do; Jackson to Hattiesburg to Mobile then Pensacola. On your route you probably won't even have to stop in LA so you can just roll on through. They way the question was phrased to me required a yes or no answer so if you reply in the negative you are just waved back to the freeway. Good luck and have fun.

I will note that there is no telling what the beaches, marinas etc. will be like if they are like here. Seems with everyone "off" and nothing to do they have now found our little private beach areas we used to have basically to ourselves so in a larger area there's no telling.

I think we should be able to make Jackson without stopping and once there we can load up enough supplies to hold us on the boat for the whole time we are there.

It will be just like boon-docking in the camper, except we can jump off the deck and go swimming. The boat has a generator, AC, fridge, freezer, oven, stove, BBQ, 2 state rooms and 2 heads. He has a dingy if we run out of ice or other essentials.

We can find a nice quiet spot and drop anchor, no need to mingle with others.

I am looking forward to some relaxing time with the DW, we celebrate our 40th this weekend.

-Brian

[sourdough]

Congrats on the 40th and have a great time.

[flybouy]

Brian enjoy that 40 th. We "celebrated" our 40 th in a less than desirable altho memorable fashion. Ours is third week in March. Covid canceled the cruise. We both had symptoms of Covid, went to hospital and spent the night apart in isolation rooms. Test said negative but?

So enjoy your anniversary and don't sweat any small things, trust me it could be worse!