Last-Minute Trip to PNW this Weekend
Aug. 3rd, 2022 03:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerHawk and I are taking a last-minute trip to the Pacific Northwest this weekend. We made plans last night. We leave Thursday evening and return Sunday night.
The last-minute impetus for this trip was a dental appointment being canceled. Hawk was due to have a tooth pulled on Thursday afternoon and arranged to take Friday off from work for recovery. I arranged Friday off from work, too, plus the following Monday, as comp days for working a trade show last weekend. I didn't plan to travel during that time off. I merely figured it'd be nice to have a long, restful weekend after working 11 days straight. But then the dentist canceled.
"Let's think about what we can do with a three-day weekend," Hawk suggested in a phone call yesterday afternoon. "Maybe travel."
"Oh, I have plenty of ideas already," I chuckled. "We just need to determine which one we like best."
It turned out that was easier said than done. Hotels are totally booked up in many places and seemingly twice the price they should be in others. Ditto for rental cars. It's understandable that a lot of people want to travel right now; it's "revenge travel" after 2 years of travel being slowed by Covid. Booking reservations at the last minute means we're left with slim pickings. But I did piece together a plan last night. It'll entail more driving than we'd like, but I believe I can make it work.
The last-minute impetus for this trip was a dental appointment being canceled. Hawk was due to have a tooth pulled on Thursday afternoon and arranged to take Friday off from work for recovery. I arranged Friday off from work, too, plus the following Monday, as comp days for working a trade show last weekend. I didn't plan to travel during that time off. I merely figured it'd be nice to have a long, restful weekend after working 11 days straight. But then the dentist canceled.
"Let's think about what we can do with a three-day weekend," Hawk suggested in a phone call yesterday afternoon. "Maybe travel."
"Oh, I have plenty of ideas already," I chuckled. "We just need to determine which one we like best."
It turned out that was easier said than done. Hotels are totally booked up in many places and seemingly twice the price they should be in others. Ditto for rental cars. It's understandable that a lot of people want to travel right now; it's "revenge travel" after 2 years of travel being slowed by Covid. Booking reservations at the last minute means we're left with slim pickings. But I did piece together a plan last night. It'll entail more driving than we'd like, but I believe I can make it work.
