Covid is creating all sorts of pains but also opening up some options we don't normally have.

DS1 normally plays high level travel hockey, but he's not this year, he's just playing varsity for his high school. He's disappointed, but we made reservations for Thanksgiving for a ski in/out condo (so we can avoid lunches and apres ski and just be safe...everything I've read is that the actual skiing and lifts are safe, but the cafeterias and apres ski stuff is super risky). That cheered him up for the lost year.

So, DH's family is in Canada and likely won't be able to see us at Christmas like usual. My family is local. Without the travel hockey, we could potentially rent a house on the beach and have another socially distanced family trip...something we can never do.

But is anyplace actually warm enough to get in the water? We aren't wanting to take a commercial flight anywhere, but we have a company plane so anywhere in the continental US is doable. Might not matter as maybe we'll just get away and enjoy the scenery...