Category: Travel/Road Trip
San Francisco Bridge
Travel Life After COVID-19
How will our travel plans be affected affect this pandemic?
As we are all forced to stay at home during this Coronavirus Pandemic, (COVID-19) it has justifiable caused a great deal of uncertainty and fear. One of the things I think about is as we transition back into society is, how will our travel plans be affected. I enjoy traveling to different places with my camera and exploring different cultures, sceneries, take in nature as it exists, and for respite. However, I rarely positioned this hobby on my calendar as definitive agenda for various reasons. Such as, not having enough money set to aside for it, forced to postpone it due life circumstances, and excuses, such as no time, the demands of work,etc. So earlier this year I made a commitment to myself incorporate my love for photographing and traveling on my calendar. Whether it was a weekend or mini week day trips, I would make the time for it, because it’s that important to me. But since the Shelter in Place has been put into motion, everything will have to be put on hold indefinitely.
So we went to South Beach Miami in February to celebrate my birthday just before the public knew about the present danger of the virus rapidly sweeping our country. And stayed at one of the historic landmarks, The Betsy Hotel, known not only for it’s Georgian architecture, but for supporting Miami cultural artists, such as hosting book signings and professional photographic works hung on the walls throughout the hotel by various artists. This experience was very exciting for me as an avid artist myself. Even though, I thoroughly enjoyed my stay there, I can’t help but wonder how the travel and hotel industry will impact our lives post COVID-19 or the new normal. As a consumer, just thinking about staying at a hotel makes me very skeptical about the proximity of being next to others, anxious about touching surfaces, and wondering if someone has the virus. I am left to understand how will the hotel and travel industry will be working to restore my confidence as part of the recovery process, because staying at a Villa is just not another option I can afford.
With being one of the 20% of people that is angst about air travel, as Laura Itzkowitz from Architectural Digest, puts it, https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/how-covid-19-will-change-travel
Will it cost more for air travel due to airlines implementing new guidelines and restrictions? How long will it take the travel and tourist industry to make the necessary improvements before we are back to any sense of normalcy? We would probably have to do more road trips in the meantime according to Gregory Miller, the executive director of Center for Responsible Travel, (CREST). https://www.responsibletravel.org/getInvolved/spring2020Newsletter.php
I am not certain of any of this, however, I am cautiously looking forward to the new and improved changes post COVID-19, from vamping up testing of this virus and other viruses, to dramatically improving cleaning practices.
Let the road trips begin in the meantime.
xoxo, WW
The Distinguish Gentleman
My hubby driving through traffic, his concentration moves me…
The Grateful Life- A Photographic Journey #365
A Walk Through the Park
On my way walking to the train station one snowy eve after work, I stumbled upon this beauty. I love the snow and I love how everything is covered in white. As I am walking through the park trying to get the shot, this scripture verse came to me, “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. Isaiah 1:18. As I am thinking about the scripture verse and how our sins shall be made white as snow. This particular point stood out to me, red is such a powerful color, and the Lord says that, “our sins are like scarlet.” Then, how can the color white wash away red, when red is such a strong color ? I do not have the answer, but I figured this would require a lot of work. Which is what Christ did. He did all the work , He took up the cross, and died for us so that our sins can be made white as snow. He became the penalty for our sins.
Another thing that stood out for me was, my recollection this verse, I remembered it from my childhood Sunday school class. Sometimes we were given a scripture verse to learn and recite the following week. Today, I am grateful for the snow and the memory it brought back to me of my childhood, my Sunday school teacher, and what I learned. Christ’s penalty on the cross covered a multitude of my sins and they are made white as snow.
A walk through the park took me on walk down memory lane~
WendyAnn Williams 