Tales from the front first day out in 16 days.

[gibraltar72]

Car washes are not essential in Mi. main street all but deserted. Bank drive through opened no lobby service. Drive through at drug store just me very polite gal, when she noticed I used my own pen to sign said I'm using tons of hand sanitizer. Even in lines for drive through I see cars social distancing. Local auction always full only hay straw and firewood is essential no cars just trucks and trailers. One car at chain motel, Walmart parking lot about half full. only one car at Little Caesars. bought two that will be four plus meals for us.

[underpants]

1. I've been out a couple of times. Really strange.

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We went for a drive yesterday and the "essential business" thing really hit me. Everything is shut down. Sitting in our house you just don't "get" it. We went to a big fancy mall that usually has no good parking spots anywhere near the entrances ALL DAY LONG. The running joke is for those of us who, say, go to a business lunch during the day "Who ARE all these people? What do they DO?"
The parking lot was vacant. A few cars - there are restaurants there - maybe the maintenance crews but that was it. A ghost town.

[gibraltar72]

2. Saturday is always bustling

Not today I immediately noticed lack of traffic. The thing that struck me most was spacing between cars at drive throughs. Also the deserted main streets.