Vacation?

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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    So the wife and I are taking a vacation the 1st week of November. Maybe we have lost our minds, but oh well.


    I wouldn't say that...
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    We love Disney, and we are going.


    ...or maybe I would.  :)

    We cancelled a drive from MN to Yellowstone (we are not ready to fly) in no small part because I (with my OCD) would struggle with what to do if I was in Wyoming and starting showing symptoms. I don't think I'd enjoy it.  So we did a weekend on the north shore (Lake Superior).  Something to do, but not nearly as good of a trip.

    Eventually, maybe we'll do something bigger.  I want to be mindful of the communal factors at play here but since most people are just doing whatever, I get to stay at home while they do it.

    I really wish we could all just shut down for like six weeks, but that would be hard for anyone, let alone Americans.
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  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,086
    brianlux said:
    Y'all have fun out there.  I guess in a way I'm a bit envious but the fact of the matter is, I think my chances of surviving COVID-19 are slim, so I'm staying put. 

    There were two things we had been doing since the stay at home order in mid-March that helped a lot- walking every day and taking day trips to do something interesting and fun in lieu of vacations (I haven't had a vacation in... hell, I don't know... 5 years?).  Now, with all the smoke and fire danger, both those activities are out.  And because we are in a high risk area, we never both leave the house at the same time (not that there is much reason to anyway.)  It's all making me a bit crazy.

    Believe it or not, songs like this help:

    This and shut it down are my favorites from the new N.Y.+CH album....Neil is amazing
    Scio me nihil scire

    There are no kings inside the gates of eden
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,097
    Gern Blansten said:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:
    mfc2006 said:
    Good for you, man! We took a road trip to Keystone, CO a couple of weeks ago and it was great! Good to get away and recharge. Have fun on your trip!
    It will be very interesting 5-10 years from now, when all the studies have taken place concerning Covid. Its been a mystery to all the experts since day 1, and its still a mystery. I remember Fauci telling us, in the beginning that 2 million of us here in America could die. And that number soon changed. Then we were told that it was because we as Americans social distanced and shut down that the number changed. Yet we all go out, and still complain how many people do not play by the rules. How many of the 175,000 American deaths, that are being attributed to Covid, involved folks with underlying illness? Its going to be interesting in 5 years or so. Again, Im not calling Covid "The Flu", I am not denying in any way shape or form that Covid has been devastating worldwide. But When its all said and done, the studies should be interesting.
    The "underlying illness" part is deceptive.  If you get hit by a car and you have high blood pressure or a heart condition your death cert will refer to all of that.  But you still died by being hit by a car.
    well technically the cause of death would be whatever injury suffered by being hit by the car that directly led to death. ie "C3 vertebral fracture with vertebral artery injury secondary to car vs pedestrian motor vehicle accident."
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,097
    good luck speedy. you deserve the vacation.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,822
    It is very tempting to plan a trip.  I received an offer from a Vegas hotel for 3 free nights and $400 of freeplay/food credits.
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Just came back from a beach house on an island right off of Charleston, SC.  Amazing.  Wear your mask and do what you can.  We didnt fly so it was a long road trip there and back.  Hiltons were impressive with their cleanliness but we still wiped everything down where ever we stopped for the night.  

    Enjoy your time off.  
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,622
    Enjoy the vaca my old ass is staying put I’m not going anywhere! 
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256

    Have a great trip.   I've not traveled further than 1 hour away this entire 2020.   I am ready to get the heck out of town and will hopefully do so in November.   I think this virus is a big deal and everyone should mask up and take precautions, but if you can travel and socially distance then go for it if smart about it.   There are terrible ramifications (mentally and economically) to shutting down the country as well so if there is a middle ground I am fine with that. 


  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,905
    I'm kind of lucky.  I like to spend a lot of my downtime hiking, camping, or a combination of both.   If I travel, it's generally a road trip to go see a concert (which isn't an issue in 2020).    Once and a while I get a travel bug and do something a little bigger, or go visit a friend of mine who lives in the US.

    This year I never left the Island I live on (after Covid hit).   Did a hike called the Juan De Fuca Trail, and another one called the North Coast Trail.  Did a handful of car camping trips to augment the backpacking trips.

    I feel like I'm pretty lucky, because the things I like to do, are the safest things to be doing right now.

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