It seemed like a good plan: we would return from our Mediterranean Cruise, unpack, repack, and then fly out west for a road trip to visit several national parks. All within a week and a half. (And by the way, we also have another trip a few weeks after that one, but that's a different story.) This road trip and short turn-around should not have been a problem for experienced travelers such as ourselves, right?
That's what we thought. Until the bug hit us. We weren't feeling well for the second half of the cruise, and the congestion continued for a while after we got home. Not wanting to travel whilst unwell, we canceled the first part of the road trip (which would have been mostly in Nevada and Utah). Instead, we'd leave later, fly into Denver, and pick up the second half of the road trip from there (which would take us to Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas). Sounds like a good compromise, right?
That's what we thought. Except this time, the Congressional Republicans decided to intervene. They're seriously threatening to shut down the government, which includes national parks. Of course, we don't know whether that will really happen (it's still a week away), but we also didn't want to risk flying and driving all that way and being unable to enter the parks that we came for. Now it was time for a decision: take the risk and stay the course, or cancel everything before the cancelation penalties become too high.
You guessed it. We bagged the whole thing. Our only hope is that our third try will be the charm.
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