If you
are kind enough to still be reading, of course, we wish you were here! I can
imagine the travel agency’s phones have been ringing nonstop as folks are
looking for warmer climes and they want to go now! It’s great to have an escape
planned from the cold or the heat, but an occupational hazard of traveling for
me is packing for that escape.
I know,
I know, as a travel professional I’ve packed for hundreds of trips but trust
me, it doesn’t get any easier! I have stood in front of a oscillating fan
trying to decide which sweaters to pack for Alaska. I could barely stand the
thought of hats and gloves, never mind long underwear. I’ve also been in Alaska
when it was hotter than it was in Oklahoma. So of course I packed for our Good
to Go trip to Hawaii during a snowstorm. As the flurries fell, I fished out
flip flops. As locals dashed to town to top off their tanks, I decided on tank
tops. I was looking for my sun visor when the snow advisory was broadcast over the
radio.
I’ve
also headed for warmer temperatures and found myself buying sweatshirts and
hoodies to survive the little “cold snap” that “wasn’t supposed to happen”.
I’ve worn socks as gloves and cuddle duds as t-shirts. I’ve said it before and
I’ll say it again, there is never bad weather, just wrong clothes.
That
being said, one of my favorite moments of a trip is when the luggage is loaded
and we pull out of town. That’s because if I forgot something, it’s forgotten.
The adventure begins. While there is always a chance the adventure will be
trying to create outfits out of weather surprises, hopefully the memories will
be about the destination and the fun of traveling with friends. After all,
isn’t that why we travel?
Husband
Doug is home braving the weather with you with hopes the good, hard freeze will
give us a summer free of ticks and chiggers. (Haven’t we been saying we’ve
needed a hard freeze to kill off these and other pests for several years?!?)
Oh, and he just informed me that it’s beginning to snow again in Grove… I admit
I’m really hoping to use the whole bottle of suntan lotion I packed. But, being
the travel professional, I have a couple of pairs of knee socks… just in case.
