I was just thinking the other day that with coronavirus around it would be nice to have a place to bug out to. I remembered how LL mentioned in several books about how he (or his characters) believed that being in the crisp, clean mountain air helped to heal wounds. Made me think that a place up in the Rockies might be a good place to hide from the world for a while.

peter

I thought about that also. But, I have to stick.by my mother and sister. I couldn't desert them.
But one can't forget those clear man lakes to fish in.🤔 I have my fishing gear, guns and such a. Good tent that would last me until I could build.
And of course my books.
But, too old anyway.

Tennessee Dave

"Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God"
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Mostly, it’s best to stay inside as much as possible. I filled the car’s tank before things got weird and still have a full tank. It appears there are lots more folks walking...which is interesting. Usually I am on the road to somewhere, but find myself alone with Storm, who isn’t crazy about traveling anyway. She tolerates it...or me...or both. Hope everyone is taking all necessary precautions and stays safe.

"We don't have any law here. Just a graveyard." LL from TREASURE MOUNTAIN

Well, I work all night and sleep all day, so I don't interact with much of anybody. I'm the only one who works nights, so I don't interact with anyone at work.

peter

Well, I don't have money to go to the mountains anyway. Or anywhere to go to if I did go up there.

My house is in the middle of about 7 acres, and 15 miles from three different towns in three different directions. My company pulled me off the road as a Territory Manager (salesman) a couple of weeks ago, so I'm just calling, texting,or emailing my customers and annoying my wife.
The pollen in my area of Georgia, on the eastern edge of the metro Atlanta sprawl, keeps me inside most of the time. But, I do get out Friday evening and Saturday mornings to cut my grass. Decades ago, it was terraced farmland. I love the gentle roll it has, leading down to the neighbor's pond on our property line.
For me, bugging out just means being home.




Falcon

Falcon

I live north of Atlanta. The pollen is pretty bad here, too. Fortunately I don't have allergies.

peter

Day 7 of 28 of full country lock down. Only allowed to leave my own property for essentials (Groceries, pharmaceuticals or Drs appointments). This means a little garden maintenance, housekeeping and a load of reading and box watching. You are allowed to go and take an exercise walk within a small radius of your home if you maintain a 2 meter gap between you and anyone else. Phone, Facebook, Messenger and Skype are the way we maintain contact with family and friends and it is amazing how many of friends and acquaintances make contact just to ensure you are coping.

Went shopping for the first time yesterday and there was a noticeable rise in my anxiety levels even just thinking about leaving the property. Nothing Major but enough for me to recognise the subconscious desire to stay home.

Les
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Some arguments against the high mountains, which are usually a great place to bug out to in times of trouble or just for a great vacation.

1) Coronaviruses seem to like it cool and dry. This is one time where we may all start to wish we were in the muggy heat of a southern summer! 2) Corona is nasty, trust me I've heard first hand. But it's more deadly when it becomes a viral pneumonia. Unless you are used to it you do NOT want to be fighting for breath at high altitude!

Stay safe, stay healthy, stay apart, and wash your hands a lot! Soon enough we'll look back on this as ancient history.

Maybe my muggy south is best???

Tennessee Dave

"Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God"
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Definitely

You make a very good point. I had forgotten about the warmth thing. I'm Southern, and while I'm not a big fan of the humidity, I love hot weather. I wish summer would hurry up and get here.

peter

I've become chronically anemic. I can't wait for hot weather also. I've been freezing. My mother and sister keep their house REALLY cold and I have to keep my coat on when over there. Crazy.
My sister in port st Lucy told me the other day that is was dreadfully hot there. I was drooling, I'll tell you.

Tennessee Dave

"Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God"
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We got up to 87 the week before last, which is crazy. Normal for Atlanta right now is about 70. The one thing about working nights is I generally miss out on that kinda weather. Was 82 on Monday, and I was up a bit earlier than usual and got out for a little while. Beautiful day. Cooler weather coming in a couple of days though.

We can HOPE this disease decreases as temps and humidity rise. But maybe not. Diseases evolve to flourish in particular environments. The common cold, I believe, used to be a summer disease because for all time the virus didn't get anywhere if it was trapped inside a small house with a single family all winter. Then, as cities and central heating became a thing, the cold learned to like winter because people were trapped inside where they could transfer the disease to one another yet they moved from place to place, building to building, home to home, too. We don't know if this virus has "learned" to like particular weather yet ... at least in humans. We should hope and pray it's just like other corona viruses but beware!

I live in Jackson Hole and we have 46 confirmed cases. Here we are in wild, wide, wonderful Wyoming and a few people are still getting sick.

Besides, you can't get out of town and into the backcountry until spring run off. Remember that line in Sackett where Tell reckons that the high valley he found is only accessible for a short time in summer?

Hunker down and ride it out where you are at.