Planning A Trip

Gerry (and I??) feels like we should travel.  We have the time, the freedom, the abilities, and the resources to do so.  He is interested in seeing the Grand Canyon.  We also talked about Minnesota, or Missouri.  We have been having discussions about the location, the purpose, the kind of transportation, the goals of planning a trip.   Flying versus taking a train versus driving.

Our last thought:  a road trip!  I have spent a good part of the past couple of days researching places on line---estimating the number of miles we might travel each day,  where we might stay, etc.   About seven days in a car, traveling is about my limit.   In St. Paul, Minnesota, we would want to see a Garrison Keillor show.  The schedule doesn't list the shows as far in advance as May, our identified travel time.

We have also often talked about going on an 'already planned' trip---a tour or adventure as part of a group, so that all we have to do is show up (and someone else has done all the planning).  A brochure came in today's mail about such a trip to explore several countries of central Europe, via the Danube River.  That looked interesting.  If a brochure came in the mail with just the right trip,  we would surely take it, we say to ourselves.  So far, that hasn't happened.

Actually, 'just the right trip' is probably Australia.  We have often said, over the years, that is a place we would like to go.  If that is the trip we really want to take, we need to plan that in the next year or two.  One needs to be in pretty good shape for that kind of an undertaking.

We will at least make the first step toward such a possibility----renew my passport!    After that, who knows?