Your Stories, Please
Where were you when you first heard of the Coronavirus? Did you have to scramble home from your otherwise normal winter getaway? Did you choose to stay at your destination? Did you have to cancel any travel plans?
What are you doing to fill your isolation time? So many are required to isolate and distance from all, while others are continuing essential services for the benefit of all.
How about sending us an example of your day under the new normal? You see, we’re not out interviewing people. We are not visiting eateries for our Bucerias Eats column. We are not advertising community events or health clinics. What we would like is to publish your stories. Do you have any nifty entertainment tips, (like Zoom, Kris?); share any ideas to keep the kids busy, (Dana?); want to recommend a great Netflix series, some e-reads or interesting podcasts? Are you rediscovering the joy of owning the entire Monopoly board? (Clayton?) Do you have any suggestions on how to connect with vulnerable people? (like community food cupboards)
Let’s have a little fun. Send stories and photos to mybucerias404@gmail.com Dennis has read every book within reach, and he’s resorted to reading household labels – please, send us your stories! Provide your name and location, we will print your initials and location.
Today we hear from a couple who live in Ontario, Canada. They have been vacationing in Banderas Bay for more than forty years. They’ve seen so many changes, but never have they experienced the need to leave under pressure…
WE MISS BUCERIAS
What happened? One minute we are enjoying our beautiful view of Banderas Bay from the balcony of our rented condo, the next we are getting emails from frantic friends and family back home (Barrie, Ontario, Canada, about 50 miles north of Toronto). Something about a virus that’s killing people and our government is demanding all “out of country people” return home immediately. To add to this, our travel agent informs us that our airline has cancelled flights out of Vallarta, but he has two tickets on another airline at almost double what we paid to fly down and back. Aren’t we lucky? Decisions, decisions, fly home to snow, cold, no toilet paper and a higher chance of getting the virus? or stay here. Are we tanned enough to blend with the locals? Then we hear “could be months before planes fly here again,” and what to do when our meds run out? Arrived at the airport, and it is a madhouse.
After a line up of close to three hours we get seated ten minutes before take off. Having removed all food prior to us heading south, our fridge is completely empty and we are now on a 14 day isolation curfew. Thanks to wonderful friends and neighbours, we get by during this period. Hurray, finally our curfew is over. Anxious but also a little nervous, we get out after our 14 day lockup, and drive to Costco (senior shopping hour). The back seat was filled at a local grocery store, and we saved the trunk for the Costco load. Our shelves are now stocked, and our reading material is handy. Outside the ice has left the lake, spring should be in the air, but it sure isn’t our beautiful Mexico! M&D – Barrie, ON
