March 14th - Travel Plans Change

Well, like everyone else, we have had to change our upcoming travel plans.

Kelly had a ticket to fly out to the San Francisco Bay area of California on April 4th to be on hand for the birth of our third grandchild. I had a ticket to fly out on April 14th after my CT scan and hormone treatment. Due to the Coronavirus spread we cancelled both trips yesterday. Our age and immune compromised systems make it too risky to travel, especially by airplane. The virus is spreading in California. My kids out there have been mandated to work from home. Yesterday grandson Kellen's school was closed.

The plan now is to drive out there leaving on April 14th unless further warnings are put in place or the virus gets considerably worse in California and/or anywhere in between making it unwise for us to out.

Our airline tickets were non-refundable but we have credit to purchase other tickets within a year. If it becomes clear that we shouldn't drive out on the 14th, we will just wait and book flights at a later date.  It is disconcerting how everything is now up in the air. We were planning a month-long RV trip with grandson Kellen in June of the Michigan Circle. He would fly here from California to make the trip with us. They are talking about the spread of the virus still being an issue a couple of months from now so I'm holding back making any reservations for that trip now as well.

All I can say is WASH YOUR HANDS THOROUGHLY, DON'T SHAKE HANDS, AND AVOID LARGE CROWDS, and maybe we can through this quickly and return to "normal".