Travel continues to elude us as yet another upcoming event has been postponed and rescheduled. For many years, we have enjoyed our road trips, international trips and other travels, wherever we have lived. This ban on travel and the repercussions of the pandemic are difficult to deal with. Granted, much less difficult than catching the virus and all that may entail, but difficult just the same. We got so used to packing our suitcases, grabbing the travel fund and our ID’s and heading out to explore something new.

My 50th high school reunion was just canceled by the vendor. And with that cancellation go our extra plans around that event back home in Rochester, New York. We had planned to get together with family and friends, attend the reunion festivities and take a side trip to the 1000 Islands for a few days. On the bright side, this delay and reschedule of the reunion to Fall 2021 gives us eight more months for our country and the world to get healthy again, vaccines to be provided for all who wish to have them and more down time from traveling.

I have to admit, I really wasn’t keen on flying again but definitely would have boarded the plane so that we could have a bit of a local reprieve from the pandemic. On another front, our cruise and airline cancellations are piling up. Hard to use them within the expiration dates when you aren’t allowed to travel. And what then? When we are allowed to travel? Just like 911, travel will never be the same again. And I honestly don’t know at this time if I’m ready to comply with all the COVID-19 preparations and precautions required to travel.

We’ve moved our cruise to September 2022, with hopes that the world will settle by then. However, there’s still a bit of a question about that trip. We already have $1000’s of dollars invested in Viking for cruises we cannot take at this time. On top of that outlay of money that they have had for going on 3 years now, Viking wants payment for September 2022 over a year in advance. Yes, we will still owe more money. Which is a difficult decision to make at this time considering where we live and the entertainment/resort concerns at this time. My daughter, Karen, works in the hospitality field. Right now, many of the hotels in the area have not reopened and work shifts are not back up to 40 hours. So I’m sure you can see my concern about the future of travel and our ability to continue to afford it.

I know we will one day, in the future, be able to travel once again.
Patience is a virtue!
I’m trying!

Until next time, stay safe. Stay healthy. Be kind.