Headed to Harrisburg. Again.
May. 18th, 2026 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerMay Family Visit Travelog #1
SJC Airport · Mon 18 May 2026. 8:20pm.
This evening we're embarking on a trip to visit my inlaws near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Yes, we were just out there to visit them several weeks ago. Thus I can't even call this blog series "Spring Family Visit Travelog" because we've already visited this spring. 🤣 Thus the new title May Family Visit Travelog.
Why go again so soon? This time it's because it's my mother-in-law's birthday. In past years that hasn't been an occasion for travel. She doesn't make a big deal about celebrating her birthday and has been happier having us visit instead for major holidays and anniversaries. But now we're visiting for her birthday, and so soon after our previous trip, because she's in ill health. She was diagnosed with cancer in March, and she's had a lot of complications arising from treatments since then. I don't mean to sound dramatic when I say this may be her last birthday celebration. 😨
When my grandmother and my own father were in their last year/months of life I was able to visit them frequently, for support. I know it meant a lot to them, and it meant a lot to me, too. I'm glad that coast-to-coast trips were not a barrier then. They certainly aren't now. This likely won't be the last such trip Hawk and I make this year.
SJC Airport · Mon 18 May 2026. 8:20pm.
This evening we're embarking on a trip to visit my inlaws near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Yes, we were just out there to visit them several weeks ago. Thus I can't even call this blog series "Spring Family Visit Travelog" because we've already visited this spring. 🤣 Thus the new title May Family Visit Travelog.
Why go again so soon? This time it's because it's my mother-in-law's birthday. In past years that hasn't been an occasion for travel. She doesn't make a big deal about celebrating her birthday and has been happier having us visit instead for major holidays and anniversaries. But now we're visiting for her birthday, and so soon after our previous trip, because she's in ill health. She was diagnosed with cancer in March, and she's had a lot of complications arising from treatments since then. I don't mean to sound dramatic when I say this may be her last birthday celebration. 😨
When my grandmother and my own father were in their last year/months of life I was able to visit them frequently, for support. I know it meant a lot to them, and it meant a lot to me, too. I'm glad that coast-to-coast trips were not a barrier then. They certainly aren't now. This likely won't be the last such trip Hawk and I make this year.
