Remember When We Used to Travel?

[keithb7]

Ah the good old days...People would pack into jets to visit new lands. Throw hard earned money around to go get away from it all for a little while. A hot tropical destination felt pretty good in Feb. Especially after a few months into a cold snowy northern winter. This Feb maybe I'll crank a space heater in the bathroom. Fill up the bathtub with hot water. Play some Jimmy Buffet and shoot some tequila, chased by a few Dox Equis.

 

Where did you like to go to get away for a bit, during a crappy cold winter? Mexico? Bahamas? Belize? Antigua? Hawaii? Arizona?

 

For me a 6 hour flight from here was about my limit for a 1 week vacation. I could get to some pretty warm spots. A cruise out of Miami was fun. Cancun was ok but a dang Mexican tourist trap! I thoroughly enjoyed Belize 13 years ago. Suspect I'd be disappointed if I went back today.  We really enjoyed Cay Caulker. San Ignacio. Tikal. Someday I still hope to drive to Key West. Chill out in Roatan. Maybe see Antigua.  I love snorkeling. Right now, if I could, I'd drop a few grand to go enjoy those simpler times in a warm spot. They seem like a lifetime ago.

 

Some good memories...Off the coast of Cay Caulker.... My wife seen in the top right...Our younger son rear back in on the left. He was about 10.  Today my old cars in the garage get all my spare cash! Been fun too though...These rewarding garage projects will also be known as good old days, at some point.

 

 

Edited October 16, 2020 by keithb7

[Tooljunkie]

The week we were scheduled to leave for our cruise back in march got shut down. Rebooked for feb. cancelled. The cruise line will hold the funds until we can travel again. We also had a trip to vegas planned, was hoping april for my wife’s birthday. Nope. 
 

manitoba has the highest case count per capita today. Nothing to be proud of. And at this rate i will stay put in my little country home and wait for a vaccine.

[Dan Hiebert]

Folks up here think the cheese done slid off my cracker...I like cold, crappy winters, and lament mild ones.  Ice fishing, snowmobiling, CC skiing, etc. work out best when it's snowbound and cold.  The only issue I have with winters here is that they last at least 6 months - two winters ago we had snow on the ground for 8 months of the year.  Although I didn't see snow or even freezing temperatures until I was 19 and in the Army in Germany, I discovered I like doing winter stuff just as much as spring, summer, and fall stuff.  The key being four distinct seasons, not just green and brown like in the southwest.  When we lived in NM and TX, we would do the opposite in winter, travel from warm and brown to someplace where it was cold and white.  One benefit to living in 15 different places over the years is that we always had/have new things close to home to explore and do and rarely found the need to escape to somewhere else.    

Edited October 16, 2020 by Dan Hiebert
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[Sniper]

I got all my exotic travels done courtesy of the US Navy.  All expenses paid cruises to foreign lands to get shot at.

 

Endless hours watching sea snakes and jelly fish float by in the Persian Gulf as you stand watch on the 25mm cannon.  Or circling burning oil tankers while we film it.  Iranians playing foolish games.  Escorting oil tankers through the Straits of Hormuz while at General Quarters for 17+ hours.  Mind numbingly repetitive maintenance tasks keeping the ship in tip top condition.

 

No desire to go anywhere these days I have all the fun I can stand telling whippersnappers to get off my lawn.  ?

[plymouthcranbrook]

Do I remember Travel?  No  I don't

[Los_Control]

1 hour ago, Sniper said:

No desire to go anywhere these days I have all the fun I can stand telling whippersnappers to get off my lawn.

I'm with you brother 

 

I got my little travel out of the way when I was young. When I was 16 I hitch hiked from Seattle area to Las Vegas with a friend. I got a job and had my own apartment, had to have a room mate 18 years old to put the lease in their name. Then somehow got hooked up with a carnival and traveled the Midwestern states.

By time I was 19 I was back in WA and tried to join up in the military .... Son, we do not allow your kind here!  Been back to Vegas a few times when needed a job.

 

I then ended up in Washington DC, I lived there for a few months working but hated it, went to New York and left as soon as I could. Ended up working on a Horse ranch in West Virginia.

By the time I turned 22 was working a union job in Tacoma WA and got married. I drug my wife and family across the state when I got a manager position for a new shop.

A few years later life happens and move to Albuquerque New Mexico because Bugs Bunny told me so. Then explode my back and back to WA for 2 years with inlaws.

Wife says, "Lets move to Texas"  Here we are,  house is paid for and I do not think I am going to do anymore travel. I feel like a honest been there done that ... Git off my lawn!

2 Months ago in August, wife drove to New Mexico to visit daughter ... you go ahead honey and have a good time, I will sit here with the dogs.

[plymouthcranbrook]

Seriously it seem that most of the old folks like me I know or have know really have lost the urge to go anywhere and when they get there do anything. The only exception that comes to mind was the then retired owner and his wife of the place I spent 40 years at. She dragged him around the world. India, England, France, all over, them and their scooters. Of course they had a ton of money.

Edited October 17, 2020 by plymouthcranbrook

[Worden18]

On 10/16/2020 at 3:53 PM, Sniper said:

I got all my exotic travels done courtesy of the US Navy.  All expenses paid cruises to foreign lands to get shot at.

 

Endless hours watching sea snakes and jelly fish float by in the Persian Gulf as you stand watch on the 25mm cannon.  Or circling burning oil tankers while we film it.  Iranians playing foolish games.  Escorting oil tankers through the Straits of Hormuz while at General Quarters for 17+ hours.  Mind numbingly repetitive maintenance tasks keeping the ship in tip top condition.

 

No desire to go anywhere these days I have all the fun I can stand telling whippersnappers to get off my lawn.  ?

Same for me ?

[tom'sB2B]

Stayed a week in Troncones Mexico last Thanksgiving. A small village just north of Zihuatanejo. I would give a small body part to be there for the rest of this year...and maybe through 2021

[Tooljunkie]

This would have been the week for sema in vegas. Was thinking of going again, but of course we are all stuck where we are. Some day i will maybe travel, but may need a scooter to get around. 

[Ulu]

Yesterday I took the Mrs out for a gourmet burgers at The House of JuJu here in old town Clovis.

It was the first time we've been in a restaurant for 8 mos. Twice I  got take-out, but every day we have been at home except simple one-mile trips to the grocery etc.

The boat, motorcycle, sedan, and all the project cars are dusty and unloved.

 

If I can't GO, I lose my motivation to DO. ;(

[Brent B3B]

We went to Michigan this August to see and meet family. Took the long way, flew into Chicago and drove to the destinations.

 

Few folks in either airport and our center seat was open on the plane. (Room for me to stretch out a little) wore our masks the whole flight. 
 

planning a trip next year as well, probably just in the states but, there is SO much we haven’t seen.... ?

[keithb7]

A large portion of us on here seem to live in massive countries. Examples include USA, Canada & Australia.  Surely there are indeed many, many places we have not seen right here in our own back yards.  I have been fortunate to visit the farthest east and west corners of North America. In both Canada and the USA. However there are a ton of rivers, lakes, mountains, prairies, valleys, and more, left to see between the two coast lines that I have never seen. I will be venturing further in my home country next year. There are so many places I still want to see in the USA and Canada. Until things settle down, my USA destinations will have to wait.

 

When some of us travel, sometimes we are looking for a different cultural experience. In these big countries, indeed there are distinct differences in culture and language. Right here in our own country. Canadians, if you have not been, the Maritimes is certainly more than a little different. Newfoundland is more like a foreign country still in the 70s' in many ways. And that's a good thing! Quebec is certainly quaint and distinctly different.  Although I have visited different areas of Quebec, I have yet to visit Quebec City. The Citadel and Old Quebec is indeed on my bucket list. How about a language barrier? Quebec, Newfoundland and Boston will leave you scratching your head trying to order a coffee.

 

An American or Canadian west coaster is indeed in-for an unforgettable experience when visiting their country's east coast.  Boston, NYC, Rhode Island and Cape Cod left a lasting impression I will never forget. Hush puppies in Rayleigh NC are worth trying when you are in the area checking out Nag's Head. Ranking right up there with some of my most memorable places to visit ,the eastern USA was so very hospitable...."Wherey'allwunnabeesat?" was repeated 3X (very quickly) by southern waiter at a restaurant in South Carolina. I still could not comprehend what he was saying, as he led us to an empty table for dinner.

 

I've not thought about a 2021 summer trip anywhere yet. I sure hope things improve by then. Perhaps if I head out on the open road, I can meet up with a few members here. I'd really enjoy seeing some other old Mopars. In person.  There seems to be little to none around here in my town.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 7, 2020 by keithb7

[greg g]

Instead of searching far and wide for attractions and things of interest we have looked closer to home.  Our town has a wealth of architectural diversity. So we did a little research and did some drive bys of old neighborhoods in the city and what were early suburbs.  Lot of stuff to see. And looking around for locally famous building designers we learned that many families had their final resting places designed also, which lead to looking into the older cemeteries. Interesting stuff.  This lead to digging up on old businesses, their founders and what became of them.  

 

 

 

 

 

[Dan Hiebert]

...as long as that doesn't include digging up those final resting places, too.  That's be a bit creepy.  Just sayin'.