Sunday 13 March 2022, Day 164 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a lovely cool continuous rain day, welcome after yesterday’s 30C plus heat on the Garden Route; for a comfortable bed and good sleep at the Turbine Hotel (except for the Knysna Forest Marathon ending right outside the hotel, to loud cheering from 6h30 onwards); for the most delicious and spoiling 90 minute breakfast, encouraged to order from the Continental and the Hot Breakfast menu sections, all included in the room rate, with delightful service from Kamuelihle ; for a short drive to Plettenberg Bay in light rain; for getting the afternoon off, as we postponed a game drive to tomorrow due to the rain; for writing a blogpost for tomorrow; for not having to wait long at the Grand Rooms and Rendezvous to check into our rooms; for being lucky to get a real beer-battered hake at the Grand restaurant, with sweet service by Sweetness but slow food arrival, despite us being the only guests dining in the restaurant, next to the warm fireplace, it being so cold; for Loadshedding having come to an end; and for being happy, healthy and free. 🙏💙

SA Corona Status:  3,694,504 cases 99725 deaths  32,548,342 vaccinations 

FitBit 5000 steps 4 km 👣

LovemylifeandloveGaryslife 💙❤️

The Corona Virus Lockdown (Level 5), announced by our President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier to commence on 27 March 2020 and to continue until 16 April, subsequently extended to 30 April, lowered to Level 4 from 1 May, lowered to Level 3 from 1 June, lowered to Level 2 from 18 August, lowered to Level 1 from 21 September, and moved back to Adjusted Level 3 from 29 December,  extended to 15 February on 11 January 2021, extended but relaxed on 1 February, and relaxed back to Level 1 on 1 March 2021, moved back to Adjusted Level 2 on 31 May, moved back to level 3 on 16 June, and moved back to Adjusted Level 4 on 28 June, extended by two weeks on 11 July,  returned to Level 3 on 26 July, returned to Level 2 on 13 September, returned to Level 1 on 1 October,  and the Curfew Curfew lifted on 30 December 2021 is an unprecedented event in my lifetime. I am posting my daily Facebook post to journal this Corona Lockdown Journey, perhaps to serve as material for a future Book.

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