Travel plays an important role in the life and sanity of many. But Covid-19 concerns make Travel during a pandemic both satisfying and worrying. On July 31, 2021 for the first time in almost 20 months, I set off on a travel adventure. I gassed up my car, fully stocked the bag I fondly call my snack stash, and got ready to finally go. And yet, part of me was… not. Travel has been a large part of my life for about 15 years now. From that first time I decided I would stop waiting for a buddy and solo travel, I’ve taken at least one small trip and one large trip every year. I’ve done Vegas birthdays. I climbed to see the Rainbow Mountain in Peru. I’ve gone on cruises. Explored my favourite haunts in BC. I took five weeks to explore Europe in 2019, and in January 2020 was ready to start thinking about where to next. But then… March 2020 happened. The world ground to a halt, and so did my travel planning. As the months wore on, it began to seem like the outside world might never open to me again. My dreams began to feature […]

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