We ushered in 2021 with a very small Good Riddance to 2020 party with Terri & Kent at their house, despite Covid. This is one of those calculated risks. We don't see anyone and they don't see anyone, so we had a great dinner and played games. Fabulous to socialize. We went to sleep praying for peace, health, less stress and more sanity in the new year.
Scott and I decided to go away in our camper as much as possible this year. We want to travel while we are physically able and healthy and we love exploring new places. We don't know what Covid will do this year so overseas travel is unlikely. So look out, America. We're getting on the road with our EPro, bikes, kayaks, and happy attitudes.
Padre Island in February. We will meet our Camper Cousins Joe & Nancy from Wisconsin there and hope for warm weather.
March and April - we got reservations at Chatfield Reservoir and Bear Creek Reservoir, both in Colorado. We hope to get lots of bike miles in and enjoy the change of scenery, as well as have Scott's family visit us while camping.
Late May through June - we booked TWO week long bike trips in Wisconsin with PAWS group. Terri & Kent will join us for the Door County Ride (our second time) and we will also do a ride starting in Madison. We'll spend time in South Dakota and also see Joe & Nancy in Wisconsin.
And we will visit Scott's mom and family in Illinois between bike trips. It's been so long since either of us has seen family, except on video. This will be sweet.
In July we will have a family reunion at Lake of the Ozarks with my sister and her kids & grandkids. Yay!
And we are planning a bikepacking trip in Colorado with Terri & Kent which will probably be Frisco to Aspen. Details to be worked out.
Scott & I signed up for an open water triathalon so we've got to get swimming for practice!
August is the big reason we need to ride so much this summer. We are going to Alaska with Kirin and Matt to see the grizzlies. Before we meet them, Scott & I are doing a week of biking in Alaska with an organized trip. That will be amazing and hard.
September means another raft trip with O.A.R.S. We had credit from last year so decided we better use it. Again, friends are joining us for the fun on the Colorado River.
October is Scott's family reunion vacation (Reehcation pronounced Ray kay shun) in southern Virginia.
In November we hope to join Kirin and Matt at their condo in Hawaii for a week. I think we will be recovering in December and we hope to spend Christmas with families this year.
In between these travels we hope to get fresh air in Colorado and see friends as regularly as possible. Video visits have been wonderful, but seeing real people is so much better. I miss hugs.
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| friends since we were 21 years old and we've kept in touch during covid. We all turned 64! |
I just can't start this year without expressing these feelings because, sadly, the politics of our country have colored every day of my life for the last 5 years - in a scary and disturbing way.
The new year brought a new president, violent division among our fellow Americans, and the worst transition of power in our history. Trump continued to cry Election Fraud and whipped up his supporters into a mob on January 6th. We watched in horror as they stormed our capitol and only later found out all that happened inside the building. What a terrible day in our history. Casualties were limited, damage was limited, animosity for our fellow Americans grew even bigger. Unbelievable day.
Scott and I are so relieved to have that crazy narcissist out of the White House. We are thrilled that Biden/Harris will lead our country. I don't wake up with dread each morning. I fear more terrorist events from our extreme citizens on both sides now - yes there are definitely "sides". What a country we have become. So much sadness to go around.
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