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2021 Travel - Year in Review

 In 2020 restaurants and retail stores were closed, office workers, where possible, were sent to work from home.  Businesses closed, many, many people lost jobs. Supply chains dried up and people hoarded toilet paper.  Here we are 21 months later and some businesses have never re-opened, many people are still out of work, ships sit outside our ports waiting to unload the things we think we need.  And many, many people have died. I think people in general were naïve about the effects of COVID-19 and how long those effects would last.  My husband and I are both under the age of 65 and in good health.  We have been very fortunate to not have become sick and do not know of anyone in our family or among our friends who have.  We are fully vaccinated and plan to get our booster shots as soon as we are able.  We continue to wear masks in stores and whenever we are in close quarters with the public.  It's the safe thing to do.  It's the RIGHT th...

Bear!

 So this just happened... Forgive the horrible video.  I saw our cats very intensively watching something from the upper deck,  I looked out the window and grabbed my phone.   This two year old bear cub was walking through the yard!  The  female black bear matures  as early as three years of age. Breeding occurs from mid-June to mid-July, but in the eastern deciduous forest, mating season can extend into August.  Female black bears usually breed every other year and cubs are born from early January to mid-February.  This guy/girl was kinda skiddish out in the open so I'm figuring Mama Bear just kicked him/her out so she can breed again. I'm figuring this cub is one of these little guys I saw last July 😍