We are traveling again! We are embarking on our Africa and UAE trip that was postponed from last year. May not have traveled this soon, but the canceled trip was all credits and needed to be used, and the tour operators are all fully vaccinated as are the hotel staffs, and they all wear masks. And our travel agent had two groups who just came back from their Africa trip and had no problems.
May 30, 2021 - Comments on Traveling
From Tara, our travel agent (about our trip to Iceland): It all seems a long time ago despite not having travelled much since then …. But so much has happened that it seems like it’s time to visit again.
From us: Yes. Except of course there are all these other places in the world that we haven't yet visited. And our travel seems fully booked already for several years ahead.
We have found that some of our most enjoyable and fantastic trips are those we drive - Iceland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the US. Of course we wouldn't drive in some places - Asia for example - and yet had fantastic trips there as well - India, Japan, China, SE Asia, etc. - on private or small tours. Now that we think of it, every place we go we have had at least a good trip, and mostly a great trip. Maybe something to do with our attitude towards travel (being flexible, patient, respectful, understanding, open and accepting of other cultures, and having a sense of humor when things don't go right), our planning, our research into the history and culture of our destinations, and, very significantly, our travel agent, Tara😉.
Apr 28, 2021 - Landlords!
A little less than a year ago we closed on a nice condo in Henderson NV. The plans were that we would turn it into a rental once we started traveling again. However, after fixing it up a bit and with the pandemic still stifling travel we decided to keep it for ourselves instead of renting it.
Problem was that it was an upstairs unit. No biggie for a rental unit but potentially a problem in a few years with heavy luggage and gimpy knees. So today we closed on a ground floor condo. It is the same floor plan as our current unit and is even in the same building.
Moving should be pretty easy...down the stairs, around the building to the opposite, downstairs corner. And we even have a nice view of the wash.
So much for being homeless nomads. Now we own two properties.
We have not yet decided whether to rent or sell our upstairs unit. We are remodeling the downstairs unit's bathrooms, and will not move in until that is done - initially we hoped for the end of July. The pandemic screwed up the supply chain and they started on the remodel just two days before we were scheduled to leave on our first trip.
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