by mark » Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:48 am
Alan and I were just discussing a couple of weeks ago.
We ARE planning to have the BTB this year -- it's just a question of when. The trouble right now is that it's impossible to predict whether our planned June 4-6 dates are realistic. Vaccine rollout is going more slowly than we had hoped; Vermont is still only on 70+ (and that only started this week). And strict travel restrictions are still in place in Vermont. I'm sure by the beginning of June, things will be in much better shape, but the question is, how much better?
Alan and I are going to see how things are looking in mid-March; by then hopefully we'll have a more realistic idea of vaccination timelines. If things are going well and the June dates are looking like a pretty safe bet, we'll move forward with those. But if things are still highly uncertain, we'll postpone till fall. We were looking at the weekend of October 1-3 -- by then the situation should certainly be much improved, plus that's right about when fall foliage is at its peak, so it would be a great time for the Bash.
For now, that's all I've got; stay tuned!
--mark