Category: Hotel

September On The Road

9/30/2020

(Texas, USA)

Hi Travel family!
I hope you are well and safe as we end September. I have just returned, (still have to unpack) but wanted to write this while its still fresh in my mind. For my family travel has been almost nonexistent this year, for oblivious reasons, of course, but my work obligations + the need to clean up my mothers estate have pushed me to venture out in to the world again. I was both excited (A TRIP! YESSS!) and also rather hesitant to commit to a 29 day adventure.

(New Mexico, USA)

So September was a huge change from the pervious months of staying at home and working via Zoom. These last few weeks I have either been in work meetings, dealing with family issues, driving, or working with clients. But we were able to go for a picnic, a couple of hikes and visit a few of our favorite places while traveling in Texas and New Mexico. Life is defo different with almost empty hotels, less traffic and social distancing in cafes. But even so, I feel very blessed that we were able to do these things and still stay safe.

Besides the pandemic there was also an unexpected hurricane, complete with Texas floods, as well as smoke from the Cali fires to content with. Read a bit about the Hurricane here.

But in-between all this we did sneak away for some fun. Let me just quickly share some trip highlights and I will blog about the adventures in greater detail after I tackle the laundry, lol.

We were in Roswell about 4 days... and it's always good fun.

Empty hotels..I must say this is a BIG change.

It was also difficult to find places serving, except fast food. We did a small bit of shopping too.

We were looking for Halloween decoration but instead we seem to be skipping right into Christmas.

Picnic on the creek in Boerne, Texas

Complete with ducks, swans and geese!

An afternoon spent in Palmetto State Park.

And from the lushness of the coastal plains of Texas to the High desert of New Mexico.

And everything in between, lol!

I have sooo many picts to sort through!

But in the meantime I hope you have a great evening and enjoy the end of September.
I will be back soon with more of our adventures :D

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Beach Vs Beta

9/22/2020

Greetings from Texas!

Windblown, but okay...

Driving into Texas before the storm...

Go to Texas they said..
It will be fun, they said..
Then there was a Hurricane!

So this week we planned a few days on the Texas Gulf Coast....I've been craving the waves and since we are still banned from leaving the US (Damn Covid!) It looked like Texas was the best bet. Between work, family obligations, social distancing and preparing for the upcoming holidays, this looked to be the best time to sneak away for a few sunny days....but then Beta appeared.
It came up quickly and everything changed!
Current Advisory on Tuesday Morning:

Current conditions where we are aren't too bad, we are outside of the flash flood zone.

From https://abc13.com/weather/beta-makes-landfall-flash-flood-warnings-until-530-am/6134994/

Last night I decided to find a new hotel, (further away from the Gulf and out of the predicted flood area) and we will wait out the storm today. Rain in Texas can be very unpredictable and I have been caught in flash floods before, so we will just play it safe and stay in.

We decided to stay about 75 miles away from the coast. So far there has been wind and rain, but all-in-all it's not too bad. We will just sit inside and wait to see what the next few days bring.

Speak soon~