Re: from Gail and Don re: our drive up to see you (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

I think we need to make it clear that we will be having lunch outside,
with masks, at a distance of 12' or more.

Want me to be the Debbie Downer?

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:11:17 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 >  > To: <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>, "Tracy Yuen" <http://www.gmail.com/~tjyuen>,
 >  > "Romy Fidlon" <http://www.gmail.com/~rfidlon1>, <http://www.loveinsideandout.com/~taylor>
 >  > Cc: "'Kim Stare Wallace'" <http://www.drycreekvineyard.com/~kim>
 >  > Subject: from Gail and Don re: our drive up to see you
 >  > Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:41:51 -0700
 >  > 
 >  > Hi All,
 >  > 
 >  > At Romy's good suggestion recently we contacted a hotel in the Mendocino
 >  > County area to make a reservation before all the hotels sold out in order to
 >  > spend 2 nights there after we visit you over the weekend. We chose the
 >  > Little River Inn in Little River as the prices seemed a little more
 >  > reasonable than some of the other choices we had. Unfortunately they didn't
 >  > have any available rooms for 9/28 and 9/29 after we would have seen most of
 >  > you the weekend of 9/25-9/27 which is when we could have visited with Taylor
 >  > and Dylan since they will be out of town the following weekend, so we are
 >  > very sorry about that, but not our fault. We did today go ahead and make
 >  > reservations at the Little River Inn for Mon. 10/5 and Tues. 5/6 staying
 >  > (for those who know it) in room #114 which is an end unit with only 1 common
 >  > wall for relative quiet. We made this reservation after talking by phone
 >  > quite extensively with the man who answered who sounded like perhaps the
 >  > owner. He said the air was clear of smoke, only occasionally foggy being
 >  > near the coast. By the way he knows Dry Creek Vineyard Winery well and still
 >  > has some Endeavor bottles of wine - very friendly and helpful guy. I know
 >  > our air quality in SB County has improved some yesterday and a lot today, so
 >  > it looks hopeful that this time frame will work out well for safety
 >  > purposes. The cancellation policy is letting them know 7 days before our
 >  > arrival there which is 9/28 in case this plan isn't going to work out for
 >  > any of you, especially Kim and Don W. 
 >  > 
 >  > Thus, Kim and Don W., we will be there to attend the DCV event on Sat. 10/3,
 >  > so please confirm that with the winery. I left you a phone message this
 >  > eve., so please confirm that is it still convenient for you that we stay at
 >  > your home arriving probably late afternoon of Fri. 10/2 for dinner and leave
 >  > after breakfast on Mon. 10/5 to drive slowly to Mendocino County to our
 >  > Little River Inn late that afternoon or early eve. for our dinner
 >  > reservation at that Inn.
 >  > 
 >  > So Romy, we would definitely want to visit with you at your convenience
 >  > sometime that weekend of 10/2-10/4.
 >  > 
 >  > Noelle and Robert and Noah and Tracy, please let us know when is best for
 >  > you re: your work schedule for us to visit you either on our drive up to
 >  > Healdsburg on 9/25 for ex. lunch or mid-afternoon snack or on our way home
 >  > from Mendocino County on Wed. 10/7. If it doesn't matter to each of you, Don
 >  > G. seemed to prefer that we stop and visit Noelle and Robert in where-I-live on
 >  > the way up on Fri. 10/2  for lunch or mid-afternoon snack and visit Noah and
 >  > Tracy on the way back coming further away from Mendocino County for a
 >  > driving break in Burlingame on Wed. 10/7 probably around lunch or
 >  > mid-afternoon snack. We understand that it is about a 3 or 2.5 hr. drive
 >  > from Sonoma County to Mendocino County per what Romy told us.
 >  > 
 >  > We look forward to your replies soon to confirm the rest of the plans and to
 >  > keep us abreast of fires or smoke that we might encounter on the way up or
 >  > back. We will leave our home after breakfast on Fri. 10/2 so you can reach
 >  > us by our cell phones then at: Don G.: 805-637-5627, Gail: 805-455-1731 (if
 >  > before then, please use our home landline of Noelle's-dad's-phone-number).
 >  > 
 >  > We are looking forward very much to this trip, which I think is our first in
 >  > 2020, for a nice change of scene and feeling a little more like normal
 >  > although we will be following strictly the COVID-19 guidelines everywhere of
 >  > mask wearing and 6 ft. distance, etc. and of course to visit with all of
 >  > you. 
 >  > 
 >  > With Love,
 >  > Mom and Don G.
 >  > http://www.cox.net/~g3 <http://www.cox.net/~g3>