How strange it is to be drinking my morning tea, preparing for yet another dangerously hot day in New Hampshire, yet thinking about winter travels. I do my best to live in the “now,” but when seeking monthly rentals, one must plan ahead.
Yesterday, I let our friends in Kanab know we’re returning for a month, but there are other decisions to make. A house we planned to rent in Mariposa, outside of Yosemite, burned in the recent wildfires. Yellowstone is out this year since our favorite roads won’t be repaired in time for our visit. And in the last few days, flooding has destroyed roads we traveled in Death Valley National Park and the Mojave National Preserve.
When I planned that first cross-country adventure, I told friends I wanted to see the West before I died, and it burned down. Thankfully, I’m still kicking, but drought and the lack of snowpack have disastrous impacts on the places we are drawn. Climate change will have a big say in where we travel this winter.
Meanwhile, back ho…
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