Ramblings from a 1200 mile (1930 km) drive.

[Gardenlover]

After much debate the wife and I decided it was as good as any time to go back North to Missouri. We stocked the car with all the safety supplies, masks, disposable gloves, hand sanitizer, sterilizing wipes and spray.

Most of the highways were much more active than I anticipated, I'd guess 60-70% of normal volume.

Spoke with hotel managers/clerks at each stop and they said they were running at around 30% of normal bookings.

The major restaurants that we visited had well run curbside pickup systems in place.

Fuel wasn't a problem.

 

[Em in Ohio]

After much debate the wife and I decided it was as good as any time to go back North to Missouri. We stocked the car with all the safety supplies, masks, disposable gloves, hand sanitizer, sterilizing wipes and spray.

Most of the highways were much more active than I anticipated, I'd guess 60-70% of normal volume.

Spoke with hotel managers/clerks at each stop and they said they were running at around 30% of normal bookings.

The major restaurants that we visited had well run curbside pickup systems in place.

Fuel wasn't a problem.

Great! - Does this mean that we can see more photos of your lovely waterfall area?

 

[Gardenlover]

Great! - Does this mean that we can see more photos of your lovely waterfall area?

Yes, soon. I'm in the process of doing the spring start-up so it's not very pretty now.

 

[Em in Ohio]

Yes, soon. I'm in the process of doing the spring start-up so it's not very pretty now.

It is again snowing here today, so my clean-up and restore projects are again delayed. What a spring /-; I'm glad that you can get out and play in your garden!

 

[Gardenlover]

This morning, a heron got 10 of the 20 fish that were in the pond. The water is still cold so the fish are pretty slow.

 

[Em in Ohio]

This morning, a heron got 10 of the 20 fish that were in the pond. The water is still cold so the fish are pretty slow.

I'm so sorry to hear that! Were these all fish that wintered-over or a new stock?

 

[fmdog44]

Hotels & motels the number one places to contact bugs, infections, traces of human residue, unwashed glasses and surfaces, sheets & pillows. "Thank you for staying with us."

 

[Gardenlover]

Hotels & motels the number one places to contact bugs, infections, traces of human residue, unwashed glasses and surfaces, sheets & pillows. "Thank you for staying with us."

So, where do you stay when you travel my friend?

Perhaps you should quit going to those no-tell motels.

Your concern is touching, however, I generally have my entourage check out the places I stay several weeks in advance, again the day before my arrival, and then again hours before I enter the facility. (Sadly, some of us have more to worry about than bugs and infections.)

(Really? No, it's just a bedtime story)

 

[Gardenlover]

I'm so sorry to hear that! Were these all fish that wintered-over or a new stock?

I had the fish for several years. Lot's of suspects in the area (herons, owls, minks, raccoons, fishermen, and crotchety old men).

I lost 13 Koi four years ago and replaced them with seven feeder goldfish, which turned into 20 over the four years and grew to 6-8 inches.

The population needed to be thinned, it was either the Heron or put them up in a bug infest motel.

 

[Em in Ohio]

I had the fish for several years. Lot's of suspects in the area (herons, owls, minks, raccoons, fishermen, and crotchety old men).

I lost 13 Koi four years ago and replaced them with seven feeder goldfish, which turned into 20 over the four years and grew to 6-8 inches.

The population needed to be thinned, it was either the Heron or put them up in a bug infest motel.

Fish make great fertilizer (-;