The Norwegian and I took a quick camping trip this past week. We drove over to Springfield, MO--about 100 miles away--so we could visit the awesome new aquarium there. Here's a photo montage my dear hubby put together of our trip.
During this time of the virus, we're so thankful to have our camper. It feels like a very safe way to have a little adventure. We were able to keep to ourselves and the aquarium did a great job of screening us (temperature check and masks required) and limiting the number of visitors in the facility at one time. As a result, we had no crowds to fight and were able to explore at our leisure.
Not every exhibit was open. There was no opportunity to swim with the sharks (oh, darn!) and we saw no penguins, but it is a lovely aquarium. It's also an ode to fishing since it's attached to the Bass Pro Shop and houses a Fisherman Hall of Fame of sorts. There were even a number of photos and exhibits about past presidents who were avid fishermen. (And that is as political as I'm going to get!)
We're still chafing a bit over having our travel plans cut out from under us this year. A small adventure like this one really helps.
Have you been able to do something that inspires you, that educates you in a fun way, or makes you grateful to live in this wonderful world this summer?
Chafe no more! I know you and the DH are grateful not to be two of the 6,097,426 Americans testing positive, or the 185,885 Americans (Worldmeter) who succumbed to Covid-19. Hopefully there will be many tomorrows for travel!
ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons we're sad about losing the opportunity to cruise this year is that we had planned to take our kids, my nephew & my parents on the Ruby Princess this very month. It was our chance to share. And sadly, my folks may not be up to a trip like this in another year. We'll have to see how it goes. And will definitely need an effective vaccine before we take a pair of octagenarians on a cruise ship. I'm just so sad we aren't able to give them that this year. We were all set to go in a couple of weeks. Of course, we're grateful not to be positive for Covid-19, but I can still be sad about not being able to give our family the gift of a lovely and adventurous experience together.
DeleteWe are truly grateful for having an RV these days. It’s been great to get out and about ... still with social distancing, of course
ReplyDeleteWe had our camper in for some maintenance this summer and I guess RV's are flying off the lot, according to our dealer. Lots of people have figured out this is a relatively safe way to travel during the time of Covid-19. Glad at least one industry is benefiting from this change in the world.
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