Saturday, March 14, 2020

Packing up

With a nod to corona virus pandemic, we are stacking up the items we will be taking to Norfolk with hoping it will all fit into the small Enterprise crossover SUV we are supposed to pick up tomorrow.  We have collected the various plastic gloves and hand sanitizer bottles and wipes we had around the house to take along.  Every fuel stop will be a potential health hazard as I pick up a nozzle handled by hundreds of people daily; so I will be wearing gloves or immediately sanitizing my hands after each fueling with a pump bottle of hand sanitizer kept in the door.  Same thing for any other things we touch outside of the car which we will sanitize when we pick it up.  We hope to get to the boat midday on Wednesday 18 March without picking up the virus along the way.  Because we are not flying, we can pack pretty much whatever we want as long as it will fit in the vehicle.  On the other hand, the decision about what NOT to pack is complicated by that very fact.  I would truly hate to have to be flying to the boat's location because our kit includes a number of things from lithium batteries in electronics to a firearm frowned upon, made more complicated to carry, or just outright banned on planes.  Besides, I have made it a rest-of-life goal to never set foot inside an airliner again, a thoroughly detestable way to travel.

And fini for the Miss Patricia

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