No, the winter hasn't been getting in the way of things. It's been the pandemic. When one has nothing to do all day, it's easy to do nothing. In many ways, it feels like the snow has locked all of us inside for the winter, save for the fact that there is no snow on the ground.
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It's been a long while since I've been to Provincetown. And I'd love to have the legitimate reason to be there on a day like this, when I could see one of my favorite places filled only with locals. No, I don't want to get stuck there in bad weather. Instead, I simply want to see the town as only locals see it - without any of the tourists around.
There are so many places I'd like to visit without tourists. If I were an Italian, I might be able to see Venice without the tourist invasions which befoul the city. Supposedly, due to the pandemic reducing commercial activities, the waters in that city are becoming cleaner and less reminiscent of a cesspool. In the United States, however, the pandemic has made it impossible to travel to some places on my bucket list. For example, I was considering taking a repositioning cruise from New York City to Seattle via the Panama Canal. The early days of the pandemic made that impossible. Next, I was considering taking a Hawaii cruise/tour this past December. Again, the pandemic squelched that idea. Now, the same cruise/tour costs over 50% more, as the cruise line is now restricting projected capacity on these vacations.
If I stay healthy and am able to afford it, I will still take similar vacations sometime in the future. Until then, I expect the days to blur together, forcing me to catch up on my posting when I get around to it.
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