By Samuel Strait, Reporter at Large – January 14, 2021 The following article is the fourth part of a four part series on businesses in Del Norte County in 2020. Fortunately not all businesses in the County are reporting a complete collapse due to Covid-19 restrictions. One such business is reporting that it is holding it own. While it is not considered an essential business by the County, it was allowed an exemption provided it conduced business under more stringent regulations. Due to this business owner's diligence no reports of Covid-19 surfaced after reopening in the latter half of June from its business activities. This tourist related business was closed initially for nearly three months, then with the easing of restrictions in June was allowed to reopen until a brief closure in November. Due to the continuation of on line learning by public schools in California coupled with Del Norte County's wonderful weather in the early fall, many families elected to travel in September, October, and most of November. This extended season allowed this business to recoup the loss incurred in the Spring closures. While other businesses were not as fortunate, we should be grateful that some of our tourist economy was not completely lost, and a few tourist dollars were injected back into the larger economy. As you can see by this series on local businesses the lock downs affected many businesses in a multitude of ways. While some will continue to thrive, others will be less fortunate. I suspect this past year has dramatically affected many of our friends and neighbors. One can only hope that enough of the Del Norte spirit will remain alive to face the coming year. We have been blessed by very few casualties caused by Covid-19 as well as very few instances from positive testing that required anything more that simple quarantining. I think we all hope that this trend will continue until Sacramento allows us to get back to work.