Greetings, readers. Yes, it has been a while since my last entry, but today seemed the perfect day to write one. Today I would have arrived at Bear Spring Camps. Due to Covid-19, however, I forwent my annual trek. ☹
There are a few tricks I am using to ease the pain of not being there. I recorded many video tapes of Bear Spring over the years. These will be invaluable this week. Don’t worry, folks. I’m not nuts. I know full well that I’m not actually at camp, but little things such as videos, ‘camp snacks’ and playing the music I’d only play on the car’s CD system helps me immensely.
In the cabin I had been able to get a great classical music station on the radio, so…, classical it is! Pop always loved classical music. I guess I enjoy it because I always heard what he was playing on the car’s tape unit or on the portable radio.
Kitty cat, Josie, is thrilled that daddy didn’t leave her this year. She’d mope for days after seeing those suit cases come out of hiding. “Josie, daddy’s here for at least another year.” Josie sends a smile. 😊
Unless this damned virus mutes into Covid-20 or something, I’ll be back to Bear Spring Camps in 2021. But I must let you all know, if I’m not able to go then, I’ll thank the owners for the many years of wonderful memories, and pull the plug on my yearly BSC vacation. Would I miss it? Oh yes, but it’s killing me this year. If I can’t go next season, it will be too much for me to handle. I’ve been so fortunate to be able to go for some 40 years. I truly have been a lucky man to have been able to make a ton of life-long friends who are all like family to me.
Until next time, everybody please stay safe, check on the elderly, give each other a virtual hug, and as always…, happy reading.
josephmkockelmans 