Change of Scenery

We have a mini vacation coming up before long.  It's always nice to have a change of scenery.  This one was supposed to be about getting away from the terrible winter cold to warmer temperature.   But I realize that the strange weather we are having could actually produce almost anything, either here, or in our warmer climate.   It could be cold there.  It could be warm here.  We've had that happen before.

Some years back, Gerry had a conference in New Orleans; our youngest child was three at the time.  She and I joined Gerry toward the end of his conference.   We packed and dressed for the expected temperatures there, warmer.   

And almost predictably,  the temperature plummeted to the high thirties, with high winds.  As I recall, it stayed unseasonably cold for the entire time that we were there.  I also recall that Vic fell asleep just before we landed in central New York.  It was just the two of us traveling.  She was deeply asleep, and I had to carry her out of the plane and to the car, which was parked in an outside parking lot, quite a distance away,  and covered with a foot of snow.  I also had to carry our suitcase.  I can remember that being one of the more challenging of our trips,  though most of my travel seems to have been challenging for one reason or another.

I'll hope for cold weather in New York, and very warm weather further South.  Hopefully, this will be a winter tennis trip, rather than a winter skiing trip, weather permitting!

For most of my past trips, I have traveled light. This time, I plan to be better prepared.    At least in the area of clothes---I will have clothes that will cover both possible temperature extremes.   

Of course, life happens, and you can never be prepared for everything.