Faith-manor Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 34 minutes ago, LifeLovePassion said: Amazing! We do not have any skills so we would need a guide and some equipment. When we went 5 years ago we swung over to devil's Tower before we headed to the Badlands and for home. We saw some people climbing and I was intrigued. We saw people on Devil's Tower when we were there in 2015. I watched them for a little bit, and thought, "Nope. Just not a question I need answered in my lifetime!" 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 We will see... Dh and I booked a cruise to Greece for June 2022 on the same day we booked our Covid vaccines back in March 2021 thinking that everyone else would book their vaccines, too, and this pandemic would come to an end. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I want to go somewhere by myself this year. I'm hoping in the fall. By then I may have earned a promotion and a week off and I want to semi-spontaneously go somewhere I've never been. I have a large family with cousins all over the country, and all of them are candidates for my little sojourn. Cape Cod, Kansas City, Seattle and Honolulu are all high contenders. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 I turn 50 in December and I want to go to England. But I don’t want to have to plan it, so I’m going to talk to a friend of mine who used some sort of travel agent who planned a trip to England for her family. It’s hard enough planning little overnight trips close to home, much less planning something a continent away. Nope. Not gonna plan this one. I hate the planning part. I’ll go with DH and my two sons, covid permitting. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 6 hours ago, LifeLovePassion said: We are planning a trip to Theodore Roosevelt NP in ND and Custer State park in SD with maybe a stop in the badlands. In addition to the cabin we usually visit every summer. We loved Custer State Park!!! Enjoy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildflowerMom Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Dh would love to go somewhere cold, anywhere, just “cold”. I would really like to pay off some stuff this year, so we’ll see who wins. Maybe I can send him to PA to see his sis and get his cold fix for really cheap, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Faith-manor said: I am intrigued. We have never been there but would have the opportunity to stop this May. Where do you stay if you are not camping? We stayed here: http://shady-rest-motel.com At the time it was owned by a homeschooling family. They have the cutest cabins! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 It’s our 25th anniversary this year. The plan was Portugal and Spain for two weeks. It’s all planned but we’re not vaxxed so I’m planning other possibilities. One is a CA National park trip; another is a two week section hike on the AT. I also have an England trip and a UK trip planned out. I love trip planning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 17 minutes ago, WildflowerMom said: Dh would love to go somewhere cold, anywhere, just “cold”. I would really like to pay off some stuff this year, so we’ll see who wins. Maybe I can send him to PA to see his sis and get his cold fix for really cheap, lol. MN. Specifically the north shore of lake superior. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, WildflowerMom said: Dh would love to go somewhere cold, anywhere, just “cold”. I would really like to pay off some stuff this year, so we’ll see who wins. Maybe I can send him to PA to see his sis and get his cold fix for really cheap, lol. Can we house swap right now? It is COLD here. I want to go wherever is warm. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 We don’t have any vacation plans at the moment, but we plan to go to a production oldest dd is in at her college in TN, plus another event in Nashville, both this spring. We probably take at least 1 road trip to my mom’s in LA, but no certain plans at the moment. I’d love a trip to the beach, but I’m not holding my breath. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 6 minutes ago, whitestavern said: It’s our 25th anniversary this year. The plan was Portugal and Spain for two weeks. It’s all planned but we’re not vaxxed so I’m planning other possibilities. One is a CA National park trip; another is a two week section hike on the AT. I also have an England trip and a UK trip planned out. I love trip planning. Are you not allowed in those countries if you are not vaxxed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Hiking & kayaking in the Adirondacks… but we live there so maybe that’s not really traveling;) And across the street to the lake and beach in my neighborhood Lucky to live in an amazing place. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, mommyoffive said: Are you not allowed in those countries if you are not vaxxed? Last I knew, no. I will check for updates though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, whitestavern said: We stayed here: http://shady-rest-motel.com At the time it was owned by a homeschooling family. They have the cutest cabins! Aww that place is so cute. Thanks. When we were out there we would drive buy so many little cabin rentals like this and I was wishing that I would have found more options to check out before we went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, LifeLovePassion said: MN. Specifically the north shore of lake superior. Oh yes, if he wants to be cold, tell him to drive to Duluth this summer and jump into Lake Superior. He will feel VERY refreshed! Like those Switzerland, Ricola ads. 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 46 minutes ago, mommyoffive said: Can we house swap right now? It is COLD here. I want to go wherever is warm. I'm willing to house swap if anyone wants to experience cold. The windchill is supposed to be -35 tomorrow morning. 🙂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 8 minutes ago, LifeLovePassion said: I'm willing to house swap if anyone wants to experience cold. The windchill is supposed to be -35 tomorrow morning. 🙂 Anyone, anyone, anyone???? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 34 minutes ago, mommyoffive said: Anyone, anyone, anyone???? No, I have -4 wind chill tomorrow and that is good enough for me. 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 14 minutes ago, Faith-manor said: No, I have -4 wind chill tomorrow and that is good enough for me. 😂 We are so close to the -35 mark, we are hoping we actually go that cold because they might cancel schools then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ting Tang Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) I would love to visit the Northeast, primarily Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont to see the beauty of that area. We go to Minnesota every year, and it requires hotel stays on our way there/back. DH's family is big on indoor hotel pools, which hasn't been too fun for me, worrying about covid (plus I dislike them in general). I found one with patio doors to the outside and was told I could open them when they are in the pool area, lol. Ventilation! Edited January 7, 2022 by KrisTom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 We're *hoping* to go to Israel in the spring, as my eldest is *supposed* to be studying there by then. All is COVID-dependent though. Sigh. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildflowerMom Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 9 minutes ago, LifeLovePassion said: We are so close to the -35 mark, we are hoping we actually go that cold because they might cancel schools then. Sil in PA just told me they canceled her school for tomorrow because of 2-4 inches of expected snow. That sounded crazy to me. 2-4 inches and schools are closed?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 21 minutes ago, WildflowerMom said: Sil in PA just told me they canceled her school for tomorrow because of 2-4 inches of expected snow. That sounded crazy to me. 2-4 inches and schools are closed?? Our school (CT) already called a snow day for tomorrow (1-6” potentially) This is New England! Crazy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Almost all of our traveling ever is to see family or go to tournaments. There is a slim possibility that we'll be going to Brazil this year.😳 It is a long story but we somewhat accidentally got Ds15 on the ATA Team USA. Short version: we signed him up for try outs just for experience against some of his toughest competition and he had a smashing good day. They MAY compete in Brazil this year. He MAY earn a starting position or the whole team MAY be asked to go. Covid MAY not interfere. No other major travel plans, although we will do the regular TKD tournament circuit. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, Meriwether said: Almost all of our traveling ever is to see family or go to tournaments. There is a slim possibility that we'll be going to Brazil this year.😳 It is a long story but we somewhat accidentally got Ds15 on the ATA Team USA. Short version: we signed him up for try outs just for experience against some of his toughest competition and he had a smashing good day. They MAY compete in Brazil this year. He MAY earn a starting position or the whole team MAY be asked to go. Covid MAY not interfere. No other major travel plans, although we will do the regular TKD tournament circuit. How cool for your son. What is ATA? Good luck. I hope he gets to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, mommyoffive said: How cool for your son. What is ATA? Good luck. I hope he gets to go. American Taekwondo Association 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 And my feelings on going are mixed. It would obviously be a great opportunity, so if it happens we'll take him. But we didn't expect him to make the team and weren't planning on international travel. It is going to squeeze our budget. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, WildflowerMom said: Sil in PA just told me they canceled her school for tomorrow because of 2-4 inches of expected snow. That sounded crazy to me. 2-4 inches and schools are closed?? It would depend on the winds. If there are high winds, happens here on the great lakes all the time, there are whiteouts and snow squalls. These cause horrible traffic accidents due to lack of visibility. Happens frequently. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, WildflowerMom said: Sil in PA just told me they canceled her school for tomorrow because of 2-4 inches of expected snow. That sounded crazy to me. 2-4 inches and schools are closed?? In MO, they close for 1 inch. Sometimes less. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildflowerMom Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 minute ago, regentrude said: In MO, they close for 1 inch. Sometimes less. Wow. How many snow days do they have to build in to the calendar?? That just sounds crazy to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, WildflowerMom said: Wow. How many snow days do they have to build in to the calendar?? That just sounds crazy to me. I agree with Faith, you can get in whiteout conditions depending on the conditions. We just had some schools get delayed or canceled for the day up here a day or 2 ago because of blowing and drifting snow issues. I was driving in a whiteout storm before the Covid shut down. It was the scariest thing ever and I had been on those roads a million times. Doubt that it was more than a few inches in the storm. Some places I think also don't have the equipment to be able to handle the roads. Other times they cancel school for cold temps. A few years ago I think our windchills were in the -60 - -80 for days, and then cancelled school all that those days. They don't want kids walking to school or waiting for the bus in that temp. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, LifeLovePassion said: I'm willing to house swap if anyone wants to experience cold. The windchill is supposed to be -35 tomorrow morning. 🙂 They are saying at low as -25 here. Heat wave! Oh nope, news just said it could get as low as -35. Edited January 7, 2022 by mommyoffive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Two family obligation trips, one to the Midwest and one to CO. No just for fun plans yet, but hopefully that will happen too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 You are all way braver than I am making travel plans!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 11 hours ago, Faith-manor said: Okay, I am going to check it out. Maybe instead of staying three nights in Rapid City, we should do one or two in or around Custer, and then one in Wall for Badlands. Our boys LOVE Badlands, but looking at some photos of Custer S.P., I was taken! We were there for our 31st anniversary and it is such a great park. We are now recommending it to everyone here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 We are planning to go to Hawaii for a cruise and extra days too in September. As to other trips, I am not sure. I am sure we will go somewhere before then but probably to the beach/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Ausmumof3 said: You are all way braver than I am making travel plans!!! Ours is by car to a self-contained unit. The border between England and Scotland was closed during our lockdowns, but I don't think there's the political will to do that again. If things are really bad, we'll just sit on the rented house patio and look at the view. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 7 hours ago, WildflowerMom said: Sil in PA just told me they canceled her school for tomorrow because of 2-4 inches of expected snow. That sounded crazy to me. 2-4 inches and schools are closed?? I wonder how near she is to me. Our district called a 2-hr delay pretty early, then switched to virtual when the forecast got extended. For us, it’s the bussing. Sending the buses up and down the mountains across 10 miles in active snow is a really bad idea. And bus stops can be over a mile away from some houses, adding more complications for students. If the snow was to end early enough for roads to be reliably clean, they would have been more likely to stay open. It’s currently expected to go until 10am. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 3 hours ago, Laura Corin said: Ours is by car to a self-contained unit. The border between England and Scotland was closed during our lockdowns, but I don't think there's the political will to do that again. If things are really bad, we'll just sit on the rented house patio and look at the view. Our trips will be like this too. There will be a shared bathroom experience (campground), but we don't often see many people in them and it will be summer, so I anticipate lower numbers. Our activities will be mostly hiking and outdoors. We are not brave enough for planes or crowded indoor places yet ( at least planned this far out). That would be more last minute and based on last year still minimal. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 39 minutes ago, LifeLovePassion said: Our trips will be like this too. There will be a shared bathroom experience (campground), but we don't often see many people in them and it will be summer, so I anticipate lower numbers. Our activities will be mostly hiking and outdoors. We are not brave enough for planes or crowded indoor places yet ( at least planned this far out). That would be more last minute and based on last year still minimal. Same. We are doing a day drive to a cabin we rented for the week. Lots of hiking, bike trails, kayaking, swimming in the lake, but we are doing one indoor activity - ds wants to spend an hour at their ice arena for stick handling time. He is relatively safe on the ice (no contact, masked and bubbled) and only sits to put on skates so I'm okay with that plan. All meals will be eaten at the cabin and the driving distance makes it so we probably won't even be stopping at rest stops on the way. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Ausmumof3 said: You are all way braver than I am making travel plans!!! Except for the (very necessary) Germany trip, all of mine have no human contact except gas station on the drive there. Out in the wild, there won't even be bathrooms. Even traveling by air is much safer than my job teaching at an institution that has no Covid precautions whatsoever and requires neither masks nor vaccines nor testing. I'll be safer in an airplane than in my classroom. Edited January 7, 2022 by regentrude 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 11 hours ago, whitestavern said: Our school (CT) already called a snow day for tomorrow (1-6” potentially) This is New England! Crazy. I guess the schools made the right call. We are at 9” and it’s still snowing! It’s usually the opposite though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 11 hours ago, whitestavern said: Our school (CT) already called a snow day for tomorrow (1-6” potentially) This is New England! Crazy. And in my corner of CT at least, we got more than that. It looks BEAUTIFUL, I'll say that. 10 hours ago, regentrude said: In MO, they close for 1 inch. Sometimes less. I am just learning right this minute that my lifelong impression of MO weather is terribly, terribly inaccurate. So you don't regularly get 12" storms? (~~adjourning to confer with stacks of maps and almanacs or more likely the interwebs~~) 5 hours ago, Laura Corin said: Ours is by car to a self-contained unit. The border between England and Scotland was closed during our lockdowns, but I don't think there's the political will to do that again. If things are really bad, we'll just sit on the rented house patio and look at the view. We've done several of these kinds of jaunts over the last two years, essentially picking up whatever state of home lockdown or dial-back or slightly wider circle we happen to be in at that moment and transporting it to somewhere else within driving distance (once to the beach in GA, which for us is a pretty considerable driving distance). And for me at least it makes a HUGE difference just to have a change in scenery. Even if we're basically still constrained to the neighborhood... being in a *different* neighborhood, walking the dog on a *different* route... for me, makes a huge difference. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, whitestavern said: I guess the schools made the right call. We are at 9” and it’s still snowing! It’s usually the opposite though. We're on the cape and snow is iffy here because of the canal changing the weather patterns. They called for closings starting last night because we just don't have the plow force to take care of it this morning. It was a good call. Looks like we're getting heavy snow still and will be all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I'm supposed to be going to Vegas for a twice delayed Scrapbook retreat in March. We are hoping to reschedule our cancelled UK trip from December to May. Otherwise who knows. We should be WDW this year at some point for the 50th but DH won't go while they are requiring masks so it seems quite unlikely. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 9 minutes ago, theelfqueen said: I'm supposed to be going to Vegas for a twice delayed Scrapbook retreat in March. We are hoping to reschedule our cancelled UK trip from December to May. Otherwise who knows. We should be WDW this year at some point for the 50th but DH won't go while they are requiring masks so it seems quite unlikely. So far, the UK is requiring masks in most indoor areas; this is England: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own/face-coverings-when-to-wear-one-and-how-to-make-your-own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Here is where I am NOT traveling but should be. Kalamazoo. This past Monday we were supposed to take middle ds back to Kzoo where he has a museum job and is still taking a few extra anthropology classes from WMU. We delayed to Wednesday because - bad snowstorm. Then Wednesday, bam another really bad snowstorm with high winds. Okay, Thursday we will go Thursday, except when we got up, there were semis jack knifed on I -94 in multiple spots AND a police officer's car was hit by a pick up truck when he couldn't stop on the ice. Said officer was injured and made a statement that most of the drivers he saw were seriously over driving to conditions. Okay. So not going. Checked accuweather and weather.com. Both said the storm would be done by 7 am Friday. Figure we can wait to leave until noon, puts me in Kzoo at 3:30 if driving goes okay, and back home at 7-8 pm if I don't stick around at all. Get up today. Nope. Storm stalled over Kalamazoo county. Now predicted not to end until 4 pm. Traffic cams for 194 in the twenty miles east of Kalamazoo show currently 9 different accidents and a many miles long traffic jam. Sigh. Not going anywhere right now. Classes start Monday morning. Tomorrow night Kzoo is supposed to get freezing rain. So the hope is that either it clears out and the roads are treated this afternoon, and we leave here at 2 or 3 pm putting us there sometime between 6-9 pm depending on conditions, and then I turn around and drive home late in order to avoid a hotel again (he has roommates and only a love seat and overstuffed chair so staying with them would not work well) - if you recall, I spent three nights in hotels in Marquette getting his brother for Christmas break because of a huge blizzard - or incur yet again, another hotel expense. Or, we leave at 8 am tomorrow, get there by noon, unload, and then I take off to make it north of the I 94 corridor before the freezing rain hits. People, I am seriously tired of Michigan from November - April. Just tired of it. There is a reason the retirement house is NOT here!!! 😜 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachGal Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Schools will close in some areas if the area is expecting freezing rain. That is just being prudent because cars and buses are not going to handle icy roads too well. It happened here a few times in Illinois where I live. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildflowerMom Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Sil sent me a video while ago of the snow. It looks like much more than 2-4 inches, so the schools made the right call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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