Flash back to April 2021, Meet next week in Jupiter, Florida?:
We’re escaping to the Florida Free State for the Maskachusetts school vacation week (April 18-25). A journey of 1,000+ miles is the best way for the kids to get a “mask break” (under what would be the “law” if it had been passed by the legislature instead of merely ordered by the governor, walking outside one’s yard, even at midnight in a low-density exurb, is illegal without a mask).
The post cited an NBC article on the continuation of the #Science-driver outdoor mask order in Massachusetts and referenced Relocation to Florida for a family with school-age children (explains the rationale for Jupiter).
We stopped in Savannah, Georgia on our way to Jupiter. They were still under an outdoor mask order:
The kids learned about fishing from unmasked folks at Juno Beach Pier (Florida):
Having left the wet cold masked Boston spring, we encounter a crowd of unmasked people in shorts eating dinner outdoors in downtown Abacoa:
While folks in Massachusetts continue social distancing, a crowd gathers at the bow:
On the return trip, we stopped in Asheville, North Carolina, where they were solidly in masks-required territory more than a year after coronapanic began:
Biltmore tour group:
Back home to Hanscom Field, one part of the Boston area that I miss. Inequality in white:
Also in masketology, this photo is supposedly from 2020, but where was it taken? Google Image Search finds some examples of it from 2020 so it wasn’t done with AI and the date is correct, but does anyone recognize the city?
Congrats on the anniversary! That was smart and courageous move (to Florida)!
The minivan is the great irony on Greenspunville. Infinite wealth, $3M house, airplane, 2/3 traveler, but a Honda minivan driver.
lion: I would love to have “infinite wealth” by Palm Beach standards. I think that would be Chicago refugee Ken Griffin, $50 billion net worth of which about $1 billion will be spent on his Palm Beach house. https://nypost.com/2023/10/18/inside-ken-griffins-plans-to-build-a-1b-megalith-property/ (he has roughly $500 million in additional real estate: https://robbreport.com/shelter/celebrity-homes/lists/inside-ken-griffin-property-portfolio-1236886449/ ).
Please share what’s a better-engineered vehicle for carrying kids and bicycles than the Honda Odyssey? Need to hold 2-3 bikes on the roof and 2 in the back while still having room for at least 5 people. It needs to have a smooth ride and low interior noise (on textured Florida pavement, I hate to admit it, but the Chevy Tahoe that I rented was much quieter; the Honda is perhaps smoother over bumps since it isn’t trying to be a truck and I think the cargo area in the Honda is much taller, good for carrying bikes inside).
Also in masketology, this photo is supposedly from 2020, but where was it taken? According to grok,
This photo is from the “Reopen California Freedom Rally” on April 23, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Protesters gathered on Civic Drive outside the San Bernardino County Superior Court in Victorville (High Desert area), with counter-protesters holding the exact signs visible in your image.
But looking on google maps this does not appear to be accurate.
Google says it is Seville fountain, Kansas City.
Coronavirus: China calls for ‘solidarity’ as Missouri sues over pandemic | World News | Sky News https://share.google/dvjZUUhLSU6E9qS9I
Google for the win!
> While folks in Massachusetts continue social distancing, a crowd gathers at the bow
…having made the cars at the drawbridge wait for their party barge to pass. Thanks to sound Science, Phil’s minivan smartly shuts off to save fuel. It’s always 5 o’clock in Jupiter and environs.
I’ve done a bit of smuggling,
I’ve run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami,
But I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last
— Jimmy Buffet, A Pirate Looks at 40