I have completed one hundred thirty-five (135) weeks of semi-lockdown due to Covid-19. We were on vacation this past week, traveling from New Hampshire to Chicago on our way to Los Angeles. However hard we tried to avoid crowds, I still tested positive for Covid on Tuesday. I am not sure where. It could have been in shops in Portland or the restaurant in Plymouth, New Hampshire the group had lunch at.
Genealogy
Blog Writing:
Preservation:
Writing the Story Preserves it for the Future. I gave reasons for writing about our family history to
preserve it.
It’s Been Nine Years. I wrote about the anniversary of my grandmother’s (Mam-ma) death.
Webinars Viewed: None.
Vacation:
On
Monday, the Special Interest Tour took us to North Conway, NH, where we had two
train rides. The first one was short to Conway and back. The second one was
much longer. We had a box lunch and traveled through the Crawford Notch where
the fall color on both sides was spectacular. I took lots of photos. My throat
felt scratchy but by the end of the day, it was sore.
I felt worse on Tuesday morning and did a quick test, testing positive. Once I reported it to the tour leader, she told us we had to leave the tour. We were in Laconia at a nice inn and spa and they had no more rooms. We tried to rent a car, thinking we would drive to Chicago where we could get on our train to Los Angeles, but no cars were available. We couldn’t find a Lyft driver but finally found a cab service that drove us back to Portland, Maine. We rented a room for two nights at a Hampton Inn, staying in the room and getting take-out. I felt miserable until the fever broke. After four days, the runny nose and headache lifted.
Finally, we reached the point where we had train reservations. We left Portland on the Downeaster to Boston, where we caught the Lakeshore Limited to Chicago. We stayed in our room, masked up, with meals delivered to us. After an overnight in Chicago, we boarded the Southwest Chief. Again, we stayed in our rooms with the meals delivered to us.
After four days, I felt better but kept isolated from others. I am sorry we missed the last three days of the tour and sad we couldn’t say goodbye to the other members. We had a good time meeting others on the tour and our leader and bus driver were both delights.
I
am reading: Being sick, I read a lot.
- The
Island of Dangerous Dreams by Joan Lowery Nixon—FINISHED!
- Death
and Judgment
by Donna Leon—FINISHED!
- A
Song for Lost Angels by Kevin Fisher-Paulson—FINISHED!
Photos for this week:
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Fall Color in New Hampshire
Fall Color in New York
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| Sunset Over the Mississippi |
Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great at documenting our own. I’ll write about what I’ve been doing the past week. This idea came from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing, who started this meme.
So sorry to hear that your fabulous trip ended with covid. Hope you are feeling much better. On the positive side, the Lakes Region is a great place to have to spend extra time.
ReplyDeleteI am better. It's also good to be home.
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