Beach Trips: Calling an Audible
Apr. 16th, 2023 08:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerRemember how we seriously considered canceling our Phoenix trip less than a week before going? Well, we're at it again. 😣 This time it's our 10-day trip to New Orleans and Pensacola Beach on Florida's Gulf Coast, with a little bit of Mississippi thrown in the the middle. The trip starts Friday— maybe. 😰
This is a trip we've been planning since December so making changes now, even feeling like we have to consider making changes now, hurts. OTOH, calling an audible when conditions change is important to how I enjoy travel.
As with considering whether to cancel Phoenix, weather is a concern here. The forecast for late next week when we'd be at the beach in Florida shows high temperatures in the low 70s (around 22° C). That just doesn't seem warm enough for enjoying time on the beach. We looked at weather averages months ago and expected it to be 10 degrees warmer there in late April.
Weather's not the only concern here. There's also President's Club. It's the free trip I won as a form of employee recognition for outstanding performance. I won the award in February. It was only this week that the company finalized the destination: Grand Cayman in May. It'll be several days on the beach on a tropical island. With that on the books, Pensacola seemed like a pale cousin. It's less luxe and the weather's off. And even if it were comparable, two trips of lazing at a beach hotel, a few weeks apart, is repetitive.
Hawk and I discussed it yesterday and agreed to cancel the Pensacola part of next week's trip. The next challenge is, does the rest of the trip hold together? 😰 More to come.
Keep reading: Whole Vacation Now in Question!
This is a trip we've been planning since December so making changes now, even feeling like we have to consider making changes now, hurts. OTOH, calling an audible when conditions change is important to how I enjoy travel.
As with considering whether to cancel Phoenix, weather is a concern here. The forecast for late next week when we'd be at the beach in Florida shows high temperatures in the low 70s (around 22° C). That just doesn't seem warm enough for enjoying time on the beach. We looked at weather averages months ago and expected it to be 10 degrees warmer there in late April.
Weather's not the only concern here. There's also President's Club. It's the free trip I won as a form of employee recognition for outstanding performance. I won the award in February. It was only this week that the company finalized the destination: Grand Cayman in May. It'll be several days on the beach on a tropical island. With that on the books, Pensacola seemed like a pale cousin. It's less luxe and the weather's off. And even if it were comparable, two trips of lazing at a beach hotel, a few weeks apart, is repetitive.
Hawk and I discussed it yesterday and agreed to cancel the Pensacola part of next week's trip. The next challenge is, does the rest of the trip hold together? 😰 More to come.
Keep reading: Whole Vacation Now in Question!
