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More thoughts about the
shelter-in-place mandate in Michigan:
I saw an article about Lower Northern Michigan communities wanting the
downstaters to stay home...in essence, don’t flock to your summer home in our
town just because you want to avoid COVID-19 in your hometown.
What does that say about those of us who just happened to be out of town
when the shit hit the fan? Are we
expected to stay away? Will we be
vilified if we return to our home...the only home we have...the home we live in
11 months out of the year? Because,
really, coming from outside the community is coming from outside the
community...no matter where you’re coming from.
It’s true that not all who were
interviewed shared the ‘stay out of our town’ mentality but I’ve seen negative comments
about the subject on FB. Agh!!
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Anna invited us to a new type of Fitbit challenge...Get Fit Bingo. Don’t know exactly how it’s played but it’ll
give my walking a new focus. Want to see
those tiles flip.
Update: I figured it out and am currently in the lead. Might not last long but I'll bask in it while I can. 😎
Update: I figured it out and am currently in the lead. Might not last long but I'll bask in it while I can. 😎
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There was one more restaurant that we wanted Mom to experience...Arizona
Pizza Company, maker of the largest calzone ever! Today was another truck day so I ordered
take-out from AZP so we could have a picnic at Saguaro National Park East. Saguaro Nat’l Park is split into very
different sections...the Tucson Mountain District is near us and the Rincon
Mountain District is on the eastern side of Tucson. We’d been there once before and knew that it
had a driving loop which would allow Mom to see the sights without having to
walk around...still resting that foot.
Picked up our food and soon realized that I’d over ordered...2 calzones
and 1 slice of pizza was just too much for the 3 of us to eat. The slice came
home with us...it’ll make a good breakfast or lunch for tomorrow. Mom was impressed with the calzone...not only
the size but the tastiness too. And
eating outside on a picnic table is a definite upgrade from the cab of the
truck. 😏
There were lots of people biking, hiking, and driving in the park; there
was no problem with social distancing, though. As expected the visitor center
was closed...I didn’t expect the bathrooms to be closed but oh, well, the need
wasn’t crucial. Drove the loop, stopping
for pictures and binocular opportunities.
One scenic overlook was closed because Africanized Bees are a presence
in the park and this is the time of year they swarm up to find homes. No,
thanks! We’ll just be movin’ along now. No animal or roadrunner sightings today. However, I did find another crested saguaro
near the picnic area.
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Jason and Angie, our neighbors across the road, are from the state of
Washington; their governor has issued a 2 week Stay Home, Stay Healthy
order. It reads like Michigan’s
shelter-in-place mandate. They’re weighing
their options same as we are.
Staying here for the next week or
so makes sense; the draw for us being the weather and the fact that we can
still take bike/truck rides. We’re
taking all appropriate precautions: hand washing, using gloves for pumping gas,
using Clorox wipes on everything and before/after we touch anything, social
distancing, etc. However, a recent poll
of Arizonians think that Governor Ducey should issue a shelter-in-place
order. If that happens and the mandate
is that we stay in the campsite then sitting at home seems more appealing. Our reservations are through the 31st
and we intend to stay until then; beyond that it’s truly up in the air.
And what’s truly amazing to me is that I’ve come across people who still
suspect the response to COVID-19 is too much.
With the number of cases going up daily, I don’t even know how to
respond to that mindset. 😧
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