We are back in action! With proper precautions, of course.

This year has certainly been interesting and it has been a little challenging for travelers like us. In the end, we ended up cancelling 4 trips over the first few months of quarantine, and then a couple more that we booked in that brief period when things were looking better. But we did manage to find a new travel stride and, in the end, we had so much fun family time!

Our children’s school announced early on that the would start remote. My job is already remote-based and while I travel a lot in the fall in a normal year, that just wasn’t the case in 2020. My husband has a CEO who hates germs just slightly more than he hates remote work, so that meant that my husband too was home for the long haul. Armed with this knowledge, we quickly realized that we had nothing keeping us, at least for temporary periods, in our hometown. So we did what we do best – we planned another trip.

We opted for the beach – 5 weeks on a beach in South Carolina, spending our weekdays working or in school, and our weekends exploring the area (and eating amazing seafood!). It was such a welcome change of pace from the monotony that life has become during the beginning of the pandemic. We had such a great time, that we came home for two weeks and did it again, this time heading to New Orleans for three weeks. I love New Orleans but three weeks is plenty of time to explore the city.

I recognize that we are incredibly lucky in so many ways. We were happy to find a way to try new things, even if we were limited in many ways.

Now that things are returning to normal (fingers crossed!), we are back in full planning mode. Stayed tuned for our next adventure!