I am still alive. I took my second Pfizer yesterday (the second dose is the one with the government microchip). I feel a little bit tired today, arm is sore, but nothing to really complain about. In two weeks, I'll be ready to travel the world mask-free.
Of course, I actually started traveling last week, visiting a few national parks: Saguaro, White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, Petrified Forest, and Montezuma's Castle. It was enjoyable to get out in the world for a while, see some sights, take some pictures, and just be somewhere besides home. My traveling partner booked an AirBnB that was actually a guest ranch way out on a gravel road -- but then I got to ride a horse for the first time. That was pretty fun. I also definitely recommend White Sands at sunset, it's amazing. The caverns in the pandemic... well, they told us to wear masks in the cave, because it's an enclosed space. But I wear glasses, and it's so humid in the cave that it would take just one breath to completely fog up the glasses. Weighing the risk of death from the corona while half-vaccinated against the risk of falling into a bottomless pit... well, I ended up wearing my mask like the idiots, with it not covering my nose.
Arizona seemed to be fairly maskless everywhere, except maybe Tuscon. No masks around Carlsbad and Roswell, but for some reason in Santa Fe everyone wore masks and the restaurants took your info for contact tracing. It's almost as if people are only worried about the virus in Democratic areas.
Really though, the travel did a world of good psychologically. I'd recommend it to everyone else. You don't have to travel where everyone is, you can just keep the cacti company for a while and that's okay.
Of course, I actually started traveling last week, visiting a few national parks: Saguaro, White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, Petrified Forest, and Montezuma's Castle. It was enjoyable to get out in the world for a while, see some sights, take some pictures, and just be somewhere besides home. My traveling partner booked an AirBnB that was actually a guest ranch way out on a gravel road -- but then I got to ride a horse for the first time. That was pretty fun. I also definitely recommend White Sands at sunset, it's amazing. The caverns in the pandemic... well, they told us to wear masks in the cave, because it's an enclosed space. But I wear glasses, and it's so humid in the cave that it would take just one breath to completely fog up the glasses. Weighing the risk of death from the corona while half-vaccinated against the risk of falling into a bottomless pit... well, I ended up wearing my mask like the idiots, with it not covering my nose.
Arizona seemed to be fairly maskless everywhere, except maybe Tuscon. No masks around Carlsbad and Roswell, but for some reason in Santa Fe everyone wore masks and the restaurants took your info for contact tracing. It's almost as if people are only worried about the virus in Democratic areas.
Really though, the travel did a world of good psychologically. I'd recommend it to everyone else. You don't have to travel where everyone is, you can just keep the cacti company for a while and that's okay.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto