Hurricanes Lounge XXXII: wait, but why?

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Eddie Van Halen. Gone at 65 from cancer.

2020....your name is mud.

I’ve been playing guitar and hockey since I was five, and the teenage years were all obsessed with him. Few people in music truly create something even close to original, and he was one of them. Rip.

Holy shit. I didn't know this til now. Unbelievable.

 

[Unsustainable]

Not cool at all 2020

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

I kinda have to remember when MTV did that video with 2017 New Year's Resolution for white guys ending on a note that 2016 was bad enough.
Boy, I am sure many folks miss those times.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Anybody letting their kids Trick or Treat this year? We haven't seen a consensus in our neighborhood yet, although I know North Hills is going to be like 50/50. I figure if they kids wear masks it should be no more risky than going to the McDonalds drive thru, which apparently everyone is cool with.

I'm going to leave bowls of candy on the porch and hope kids are reasonable this unlike the animalistic way they treat that scenario in a normal year.

 

[MinJaBen]

Anybody letting their kids Trick or Treat this year? We haven't seen a consensus in our neighborhood yet, although I know North Hills is going to be like 50/50. I figure if they kids wear masks it should be no more risky than going to the McDonalds drive thru, which apparently everyone is cool with.

I'm going to leave bowls of candy on the porch and hope kids are reasonable this unlike the animalistic way they treat that scenario in a normal year.

Ours are old enough that they don't do it anymore. We haven't decided if we are going to give candy out or not yet. My wife wants to but I'm leaning the other way.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

I've been getting a ton of commercials about Joe Cunningham watching the draft today. Did Wake County get annexed by South Carolina?

 

[HisIceness]

If things were normal the 2020-21 NHL season would be starting tonight.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

Anybody letting their kids Trick or Treat this year? We haven't seen a consensus in our neighborhood yet, although I know North Hills is going to be like 50/50. I figure if they kids wear masks it should be no more risky than going to the McDonalds drive thru, which apparently everyone is cool with.

I'm going to leave bowls of candy on the porch and hope kids are reasonable this unlike the animalistic way they treat that scenario in a normal year.

Yes

 

[Negan4Coach]

If things were normal the 2020-21 NHL season would be starting tonight.

At least it isn't 100 degrees like it was last year on opening night.

 

[HisIceness]

At least it isn't 100 degrees like it was last year on opening night.

I don't think I put on a jacket until, Thanksgiving maybe? Even after Halloween last year it was still pretty warm most days. At least so far I've been wearing them early in the morning.

 

[Negan4Coach]

I don't think I put on a jacket until, Thanksgiving maybe? Even after Halloween last year it was still pretty warm most days. At least so far I've been wearing them early in the morning.

I remember Halloween itself being nearly unbearable, 85 and humid, we had a block party and trick or treating and the kids were all sweaty in the costumes, by far the hottest ever. Then again one year I drug them around in a wagon when it was 38 degrees and pouring rain. Good thing they were in fuzzy hedgehog costumes that night.

Looks like we'll actually have a fall this year. Headed out to Brevard for a week.

 

[raynman]

Looks like we'll actually have a fall this year. Headed out to Brevard for a week.

Don’t jinx us! A real fall in NC has to be some of the nicest weather around and I am here for it.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

 

[hblueridgegal]

Don’t jinx us! A real fall in NC has to be some of the nicest weather around and I am here for it.

So gorgeous at Grandfather Mountain today. Foliage is stellar.

And, the Old Hampton Store, along with their delicious eats, also has an Apple Butter Margarita. Perfect spot for post-hike outdoor dining.

 

[SlavinAway]

So gorgeous at Grandfather Mountain today. Foliage is stellar.

And, the Old Hampton Store, along with their delicious eats, also has an Apple Butter Margarita. Perfect spot for post-hike outdoor dining.

I'm jealous. We usually make it out that way around this time every year but aren't this year due to the pandemic. I could use some crisp mountain air right now....

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Anybody letting their kids Trick or Treat this year? We haven't seen a consensus in our neighborhood yet, although I know North Hills is going to be like 50/50. I figure if they kids wear masks it should be no more risky than going to the McDonalds drive thru, which apparently everyone is cool with.

I'm going to leave bowls of candy on the porch and hope kids are reasonable this unlike the animalistic way they treat that scenario in a normal year.

Durham mayor strongly discouraged, which made the decision for us. Tough decision because Halloween is our Super Bowl. We'll basically put up the decorations, sit in our driveway in our costumes, and wave. And drink.

The McDonald's analogy is almost right, except for the kid backlog. At 7pm on a busy night, we can have 50 kids/parents in our driveway at one time.

Also, we have literally no idea how much candy we should have bought. It's tough to forecast even in a normal year, where we can see anywhere between 250 and 450 kids... but this year? Impossible.

And we live on a cul de sac. Houses on Club Boulevard can see 1500-2000 kids in a night. It's insanity.

 

[hblueridgegal]

I'm jealous. We usually make it out that way around this time every year but aren't this year due to the pandemic. I could use some crisp mountain air right now....

Thankfully, masks aplenty up here today but I totally understand the reluctance.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Durham mayor strongly discouraged, which made the decision for us. Tough decision because Halloween is our Super Bowl. We'll basically put up the decorations, sit in our driveway in our costumes, and wave. And drink.

The McDonald's analogy is almost right, except for the kid backlog. At 7pm on a busy night, we can have 50 kids/parents in our driveway at one time.

Also, we have literally no idea how much candy we should have bought. It's tough to forecast even in a normal year, where we can see anywhere between 250 and 450 kids... but this year? Impossible.

And we live on a cul de sac. Houses on Club Boulevard can see 1500-2000 kids in a night. It's insanity.

Oh, wow, that's a lot of kids. I guess when you put it that way its not a good idea. In North Hills its not much of a crowd, never a line to get in to any houses. Even Aho's house, who was handing out candy last year.

My kids know they have to wear masks, we'll probably poke around the new neighborhood and see whats going on, and go to the places with lights on and keep our distance.

 

[Negan4Coach]

So gorgeous at Grandfather Mountain today. Foliage is stellar.

And, the Old Hampton Store, along with their delicious eats, also has an Apple Butter Margarita. Perfect spot for post-hike outdoor dining.

I'm headed to a house overlooking a waterfall just SW of Brevard tomorrow. Taking a whole week vacation for the first time in a while. Going white water rafting and apparently walking llamas along mountain trails, lol. My girls are excited. Glad to hear the foliage is good to go.

 

[SvechneJerk]

So gorgeous at Grandfather Mountain today. Foliage is stellar.

And, the Old Hampton Store, along with their delicious eats, also has an Apple Butter Margarita. Perfect spot for post-hike outdoor dining.

*Noted.

 

[hblueridgegal]

I'm headed to a house overlooking a waterfall just SW of Brevard tomorrow. Taking a whole week vacation for the first time in a while. Going white water rafting and apparently walking llamas along mountain trails, lol. My girls are excited. Glad to hear the foliage is good to go.

Hope you have a great visit..lovely area and waterfalls aplenty.

A Forest Ranger friend told me last night that the foliage is trending almost 3 weeks ahead of schedule. He also said that 2020 attendance at State Parks has increased well over 100% from last year's numbers. Accordingly, the help calls they're are receiving are wild and unusual..mostly from newbies who've never visited before.

 

[emptyNedder]

He also said that 2020 attendance at State Parks has increased well over 100% from last year's numbers.

Think the National Parks are similar—in Acadia for a long weekend and the crowds are much larger than I have seen in 3 previous trips (though never doing foliage frenzy).
Anyway, the weather has been nearly perfect for hiking as it is cool in the morning when we go and mild by afternoon for dinner in Bar Harbor.

 

[Bub]

Think the National Parks are similar—in Acadia for a long weekend and the crowds are much larger than I have seen in 3 previous trips (though never doing foliage frenzy).
Anyway, the weather has been nearly perfect for hiking as it is cool in the morning when we go and mild by afternoon for dinner in Bar Harbor.

And it's into the 70s today here in central Maine. Hope it's nice at the Hahbah.

 

[emptyNedder]

And it's into the 70s today here in central Maine. Hope it's nice at the Hahbah.

Mid-60s and supah windy.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Think the National Parks are similar—in Acadia for a long weekend and the crowds are much larger than I have seen in 3 previous trips (though never doing foliage frenzy).

wife and I just drove up to The Finger Lakes region of NY and couldn’t believe how packed various campgrounds were. I know it’s both leaf peeping and grape harvest timeframe, but I rarely see these campgrounds that packed, except probably the 4th and Labor Day. I suspect that the pandemic is really helping their business.