Bubbles of Safety

I heard a new term in the last 24 hours which is "our bubble of safety". A friend was trying to describe how he and his friends have handled all this sheltering in place so far. First, he and his girlfriend don't go out much to avoid infection, and then there is another couple that are good friends with them. And at first when they saw each other everyone wore masks and then they would stand 6 to 12 feet away from each other talking with masks on. Then later they made an agreement to stand a little further away but not wear masks. They still would play card games and laugh and joke but they would only do this outside where it was safer.

Now, I'm planning to go up there and interact with my friends in Shasta and I realized since my son is coming south from Portland with his family this might be difficult because my friends in Shasta are all 50 to 70 years of age. So, even though my son is 46 he is living a life where he has to interact with people on his job every day. So, my friends in Shasta are saying I cannot hug my son or his family because of his work. Because if he has been exposed so has his whole family. So, the newest idea for me is I can't hug my son or grandson or my son's wife and I can't ride in the same car with them.

Then my son is staying at a hotel but I won't do that just like I won't fly in a passenger jet or eat inside in a restaurant because I'm still sheltering in place and am 72 years of age.

So, if you were wondering how people don't get coronavirus: they don't ride in taxis, they don't ride on jets, they don't eat in restaurants, they don't ride subways, and anything else you can think of.

However, they do order takeout from restaurants as long as they have a safe place to eat what they buy from businesses that do takeout food.

I also discovered what was really bothering my friend. He loves to go with me in my Tundra 4wd and go 4wheeling to really really really remote places around Mt. Shasta where we might be 50 miles from the nearest human being. But, we can't do that because he can't ride in the same vehicle with me because of coronavirus. So, I at least discovered what he was the most upset about.

And it isn't something I can be blamed for either which is good!

But, on the bright side we can all go hiking and swimming in mountain lakes and even kayaking if we want to. That reminds me I should bring my inflatable kayak and paddles.