Originally Posted by
SnuggleBuggles
I really loved Raleigh for spring break a few years back. It'll be warmer and you can find outdoor restaurant seating. ...
American History in DC was recently renovated.
Warm weather doesn't appeal to me; I am weird. I can manage cold weather a lot more easily than I can warm.
We saw some of the startup of that reno when we were there in 2016; they had repositioned the Washington statue and walled off the 2nd floor galleries. When it's open again, I'd want to go through it for sure.
Originally Posted by
Tenasparkl
Yesterday I decided to book a few nights at an AirBNB a short drive away in Palm Springs for our spring break. We'll basically being doing what we do at home (cooking, ordering takeout, taking walks/hikes) but in a slightly different spot. I found a pet friendly house, so thankfully we can bring our dog too.
That sounds like what DH wants to do - go somewhere for the sake of not being at our house.
When I travel, I prefer to go and DO other things and get frustrated with staying in, but with all the things I enjoy being closed, I don't really see the point of spending money to stay somewhere when we could just plan a day-trip somewhere like High Point or Cape May Light or the Delaware Water Gap.
Originally Posted by
WatchingThemGrow
We are doing our very COVID cautious trip to MIL’s beach house... for the fourth or fifth time since COVID began! We gas up with scan n go at Sam’s, bring food in the car, and drive straight there. We do 2-3 grocery pickups for any forgotten art supplies, food, necessities we forgot to pack. We eat in 100%, do solo stuff like rollerblading, walking on the beach, play board games, do art. And then we come back home without stopping. We get a pickup grocery order set for our return, and we go about regular life. The county where the house is is not very COVID conscious, but ours is. (Well, except for the partying college students.)
I feel like the only way we'll be able to do anything out-of-town is driving, but I'm not exactly enthused about the idea of sharing a large road trip with DH in his car. I don't have the spatial awareness to drive his car further than a few yards and I'm not enthusiastic about the idea of developing that on the road hundreds of miles from home.
Originally Posted by
zukeypur
I haven't seen my dad in well over a year, so I am going to take the kids and Margot the Mutt to see him. It's about an 8 hour drive through COVID country in Texas, so I'm not too excited about it. We will take our own food to eat on the way and wipe our shoes after potty breaks. I feel a bit more comfortable visiting him now that he's vaccinated. After we leave his house, we will travel 2 hours south to my mom's house, as she will be fully vaccinated by then. I am contemplating canceling the trip to her house out of spite, but I know DD3 will want to go see her.
This part should go in BP, but she called me this past weekend and told me that they are driving within a mile of my house (mind you, they haven't seen me or my kids in over a year, and they live 5-6 hours away) on their way to Houston for a funeral. I asked her to please stop by and say hi on the way to the funeral vs. on the way home. She declined, then told me that she stopped at her sister's house for two hours. I am a bit hurt over the situation.
Ugh; parents are weird. I haven't seen my dad since December 2019, but we've used Zoom and FaceTime to chat, plus we have a family group text so I don't feel like I'm totally isolated.
He started dating someone before the safer-at-home orders and she seems nice enough, but we haven't met her yet. (My sister and her kids have; my sister approves, which is a good sign, considering how much she's hated everyone else our parents have dated since the divorce.)
The last time I saw my mom, we had to get together at a Parkway rest stop. My mom needed the in-person interaction with someone other than her husband so badly!
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Liz
DD (3/2010)
"Make mistakes! Get messy!" - Miss Frizzle