Friday, August 14, 2020

Pandemic Summer Vacation: Maine and Massachusetts


Beautiful Maine. Walks in the woods. Lobster rolls everyday. Cute roadside statues. Beaches. Time with family and friends. And a little politics added in. 🤩 You all know me. I can’t help myself.

Massachusetts; Boston, Lexington and Marblehead: thanks for stirring my patriotic heart. So many things made me think about our nations founding in comparison to where we stand today. Monuments, the nautical coastland and beautiful old buildings made for beautiful eye candy on this trip.

And now why I really went. Sure cool temps and walks in the woods are alluring, but the real reason I went was because LaGuardia opened a new terminal during the pandemic and I wanted to see it and experience flying in these crazy times. I also was curious to see how different states are handling Covid. In general most people were wearing masks everywhere I went. It was fun to see more outdoor eating setups, especially the ones on big front lawns and parking lots. Both MA and ME have limited capacity indoor eating and on my last day I ate inside, albeit alone.  I continue to hope the legacy of the pandemic is much more outdoor dining. It really livens up all streets. All in all, I had successful hopefully virus free trip, pumped a little money into the tourist economy, got to experience travel during Covid times and got to eat a lot of lobster rolls. Good times.

If you want to see more pictures from my trip, click HERE.