After a week of cold (for SoCal) and rain in the high desert we have returned to blue sky and mild temperatures. Carol and I have both had our first Covid inoculations  and things seem to have calmed down some. Even politics seems a bit less roiled than recently. News about who can get a “jab”, where seems to keep changing. Some people going to Petco Stadium in San Diego have been turned away because they are not residents of San Diego County. Many more have not had a problem. Riverside County where we are, was  limiting appointments to over 85 this past week, we will see what the coming weeks bring.  Now we begin the search for our second jabs.

Those who know me will not be surprised that with the telephone project winding down into installation I have taken on a new project that I know even less about. After 30 years our resort has experienced two extended blackouts as a result of Southern California Edison – SCE –  shutting down our area for high wind and fire risk. Our only backup power for the resort is a couple of small portable generators to keep the phones and some office computers going. there is no back up for our well pump or other critical infrastructure. The Board created a special committee and most of the qualified, knowledgeable people signed up, but none would agree to take the chair. As I told the committee at our first virtual meeting my only qualification is I can start the generator on my motorhome AND I do know how to chair a committee. 

We have had our first two meetings and with any luck we will have a completed project in one or two more meetings. It is wonderful when there are knowledgeable, dedicated committee people willing to actually do the work and all I have to do is coordinate. 

Literally as I was writing the above I got a call that the the old phone system lost access to 2/3 of the park and is beyond restoring. We almost made it. People will be a week without internal phone service.

Carol is doing the same with her projects and her art. The fence art keeps changing and so does the site. I will let her speak for herself on http://cgstudio.net if she chooses. 

We have no plans for travel. We have wishes, but no plans, unless you count a trip in Spring 2022. Maybe after we both have our 2nd shots and things settle down further we can take the coach out for a spin. I keep dreaming, but I have so much to do right here that I wouldn’t be traveling for another month or more anyhow. 

Damn, retirement is exhausting 🙂