Rapidly Fading Fall

At least it was a nice summer... and the first two-thirds of the fall.

It's not that the weather is changing.  It's that the coronavirus statistics are.  Virtually every part of the country - and many parts of the world, really - are showing the virus resurgent.  It's only a matter of time, I fear, before zoos and aquariums are forced to go into lock-down mode again.

We already lost the spring, and a big chunk of the summer saw us operating at reduced capacity.  We're all still down a lot of income.  Many people have come and enjoyed the zoos and aquariums as a welcome break from the stressors of Covid and the election, but while the later is now over, the former seems to be gearing up for Round 2.   Thankfully, most of us don't rely too heavily on the winter months for business, though many are trying to see what visitation we can extract from the next few months with ZooLights, Chinese Lantern festivals, and other cold-weather activities.  Hopefully it'll be enough.

Wash your hands.  Wear a mask.  Stay socially distant.  And be careful.  We're all in for a long, dark winter.