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canyonwalkerGrand Cayman Travelog #18
Back at the Westin - Thu, 18 May 2023, 5pm
We often plan future trips when we're on a trip. Partly it's because we're in a traveling mindset while we're traveling, partly it's because being on a trip reduces by one the number of future travel plans we're juggling, open room in our priorities for planning something else.
On this trip in the Cayman Islands this past week we were discussing where to go in July. At the start of the year I'd penciled in a week-long trip to Alaska. As we've done nothing further to plan it since then, it's probably not happening. But maybe we could do a simpler, 4 day trip instead of a full week? And do it later than the holiday to find better availability? Yes, we're at a tropical beach and we're talking about Alaska.
Less than an hour ago my goal of visiting Alaska this summer became even less likely. That's because an email arrived from the King County prosecutors in Seattle that they're going back to trial with the defendant from that car crash 4.5 years ago. Yes, going back to trial because the previous trial ended in a hung jury.
The new trial starts June 12. I estimate that means we'll be needed either the end of that week or early the next. So it looks like our Juneteenth vacation will be, if we're lucky, staying a few extra days in Seattle.
Back at the Westin - Thu, 18 May 2023, 5pm
We often plan future trips when we're on a trip. Partly it's because we're in a traveling mindset while we're traveling, partly it's because being on a trip reduces by one the number of future travel plans we're juggling, open room in our priorities for planning something else.
On this trip in the Cayman Islands this past week we were discussing where to go in July. At the start of the year I'd penciled in a week-long trip to Alaska. As we've done nothing further to plan it since then, it's probably not happening. But maybe we could do a simpler, 4 day trip instead of a full week? And do it later than the holiday to find better availability? Yes, we're at a tropical beach and we're talking about Alaska.
Less than an hour ago my goal of visiting Alaska this summer became even less likely. That's because an email arrived from the King County prosecutors in Seattle that they're going back to trial with the defendant from that car crash 4.5 years ago. Yes, going back to trial because the previous trial ended in a hung jury.
The new trial starts June 12. I estimate that means we'll be needed either the end of that week or early the next. So it looks like our Juneteenth vacation will be, if we're lucky, staying a few extra days in Seattle.
