Old Boys Meetup and C-Progress

The photo boys and I finally got together at the park. It was a long time coming, even after freer permitted gatherings came into effect, because of weather and life.

The parking spots were taken, so I didn't port my camera and tripod over to our seating area for proper photos. I decided to try with my phone but had to to walk so far away to get get us all in the frame. Even so, it wasn't all of me, and I got my hand in the way too. I am not very good at selfies.

This park ranger in Congo takes a much better selfie, and those in the background are much better looking too.

Back to the narrative . . .  once seated again, I snapped a few more of the boys plus a selfie without my hand in the way: Nick, Bob et moi in that order.

In other news, on Friday, the province will move onto phase 3 of the recovery plan, so the time is coming when we may even be able to go on a photoshoot together.

On my June 30 Covid update here, our new case count was just beginning to get into the 200s. It is now trending into the 100s, only 114 on Sunday, and we've had at least two days with no C-related deaths.

In phase 3, many indoor gatherings will be permitted, including churches and restaurants among many places, as long as proper distancing can be maintained, Therefore, we should be ready to get back to something resembling normal, whatever that will look like, in three weeks or early August.

Progress will depend on vaccinations continuing apace. We have been completing 200000 jabs/day or one million every five days although that rate shows signs of lessening.  However by the end of this week half of Ontarions should be completely vaccinated, which is getting pretty darn good.