A Nice Time Away with Family
I just got home from a Thanksgiving visit to some family who live in Yuma, Arizona - just one state over from California. We haven't seen them since before Covid so it was a great time to finally get to spend time with them again.
I actually had never been to Yuma to stay for any significant time. We have passed through there plenty of times though, usually while driving across the country from the east coast heading back to Los Angeles. The family we went to see used to live in Roswell New Mexico but bought some property in Arizona a couple of years ago so it was interesting to visit a new place.
It is quite arid in this part of the country but very beautiful nonetheless. The visit was great; we had a nice time catching up while sitting around their brand new firepit. It was a lot of fun watching @little-ricky roast marshmallows and attempt to eat a s'more for the first time. I say attempt because most of it ended up on the ground. It was still fun, all the same!
Got me Thinking about Traveling...
While I was in such a different environment, it really got me thinking about all of the world traveling I used to do not so long ago before the entire world ended up in a prolonged lockdown. In fact, the main reason that my blogging on Hive slowed down quite dramatically a few years ago was simply because I didn't feel like I had much to say anymore.
If you go back to my earlier posts, you'll see that I was mostly a travel blog. And if you aren't traveling, well.....
I would really like to change this for 2024. As the little one is getting a little bit bigger, I think it would be great to start trying to get out there and see the world a bit. Ricky has been to England once in his short life, but it was only for a couple of weeks and we were mostly just staying at my sister in law's house. I'd love to take him to other countries in Europe as well as other parts of the world.
Technically he has been to Mexico, but it wasn't quite the real experience as it was just on a cruise. My level of safety risk comfort has dramatically changed since having a kid. I couldn't bear it if anything happened to him so it has made me a lot more careful about the places I am willing to go. Perhaps I am being a bit too hypervigilant but better safe than sorry I suppose. Of course there are levels. We can't protect them from living life!
So I know these things never work, but I think I'd like to try to make an early New Years resolution for 2024: Travel More! We shall see how it goes. For now, I'd just like to say Happy Thanksgiving, wherever you are. I hope everyone is safe and happy with their families.
I would really appreciate your support!
