Plotting My Escape

As soon as I was 2 weeks past my second dose, I was plotting my return to travel.  I knew the destinations I could easily travel to and that I had a window of about 10 days before family members would start arriving for long awaited visits.  I considered a trip to Uganda, but the travel time from Montana was just too great.  It wouldn’t leave me enough time to do much once I got there.  I hadn’t been to South America since Ian and I went to Peru in 2016.  Why not consider a return trip to the Galapagos? 

My mother and I had traveled there on my very first Adventure Life trip, in 2009.   There were a few snafus on that trip.  Our catamaran blew an engine, leaving us listing and traveling very slowly between islands.  They ran out of ice (no more cocktails).  I was terribly seasick and unable to get good sleep.  It was time that I gave the Galapagos a second chance.  I booked a cruise on my favorite yacht, the one that is nearly always sold out a year in advance (small Covid blessings).  I booked flights. I booked a few hotel nights in Quito and arranged for Covid testing.  The whole planning process took an hour.  Could it really be this easy?  We shall see.