I am about to embark on my first trip of the year. I will be happily leaving behind what has become a surprisingly cold and snow-laden winter for the (hopefully) warmer environs of Florida! But this is more than just my first trip of the year. This is my first real trip since I started this blog, and because I originally envisioned the blog as being a “Parkinson’s / Travel Blog”, this trip will serve as a sort of “proof of concept”. Now I’m not the kind of guy who does the live-stream thing, and I don’t claim (or try) to be an Influencer, so don’t expect photographs of my meals, and don’t expect to see real-time updates telling you exactly where I am at any given moment. Rather, I will try to document each day’s activities at the end of the day, but depending on my mood and energy (i.e., depending on my Parkinson’s), any given day’s documentation may not be ready for Prime Time.

For years now, I have built a “day off” into all my vacations. This was intended to be a day where I would catch up on any personal business that needed tending, and/or to JUST RELAX (my vacations tend to involve a lot of walking/hiking and driving around from place to place). Since this will be a longer trip, I’m building in two days off. I imagine I’ll do most of my writing (and thus most of my posting) on those two days, with a final post a day or two after I get home. But, if I feel like posting more frequently, I will.

Also, this trip will be mostly amusement parks and museums, and I don’t tend to take pictures in those places. So this trip will be much lighter on photographs than my ThrowBack Thursday posts. I’m hoping to get to a good Cuban restaurant while I’m there, so hopefully I’ll be able to get some roasted ox tail. That may be a meal worth photographing.