I used to travel a lot. There was a time when my roommate and I would pack our bags, get into the car, and go as far as our cars would take us. My fondest memories of our adventures were driving in the middle of the night to get to Reno from Yosemite, stopping only to get a few hours of sleep at Mono Lake. There was also this trip to the East Coast where we drove from New York City to Niagara Falls (a 10 hour long drive), stayed a couple of nights, and drove up to Massachusette's Martha's Vineyard from there (an exhausting 12 hour drive). I remembered getting to Cape Cod at 3am in the morning, and sleeping inside the car, on a well-lit mall parking lot to catch the 7am boat ride to the Vineyard. From Martha's Vineyard, we got up to Providence, then to the New England States - New Hampshire and Maine. It was such a fun trip and one I thoroughly enjoyed. I have also been all over New York, driving with my dad from the City to Jersey, to Maryland, to Washington DC. Not to mention trips from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. My second Thanksgiving in the US brought me to Las Vegas, then to Arizona with friends.
The last trip I remembered was to Maui where we stayed for a week. We went there on my birthday in 2001. The next day, we woke up to a haunting scene on TV that we thought was a clip from a movie. All channels depicted the same thing. It was then that we realized we were watching a real horror scene from 9-11!
Part of the reason why I love to travel is my love for photography. I'm into landscape photos, and the only way I can satisfy my creative persona is to go to places where I've never been before. I always knew God created a beautiful world. With those pictures, I am able to stand in awe of God's majestic creation and through my camera, share it with other peple, hoping that in the process, they'd thank God for those gifts as much as I have.
Why had I stopped travelling if it's something I truly enjoyed? For the most part, we bought a house in AC. We had to tighten our belts because the first year is always the toughest. Prior to that, I had a house built for my family back home which dried up my savings. It was supposed to be a surprise to my mom, but she learned about it halfway through the construction. Nevertheless, she was equally happy anyhow. The next year posed another challenge because we were preparing for our wedding, and there were expenses that, to this day, we still couldn't believe we were able to afford!
Now, I still have to postpone travelling because I need to save my vacation time for my yearly trip home - to be with my husband, even for as short as a month. When I'm home, we try to travel as much as our schedules would permit us to, which can be quite a challenge sometimes.
So, until hubz is able to come here, plans for travelling might have to take the back seat.
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