[Velobike]

I found this meme I saved a few years back. CoVid got in the way of me doing anything then, but ...

Reasons aren't excuses, they're just obstacles, and obstacles can be got round or tackled.

None of us are getting younger, each year our capacity to do something like this gets less.

Got to do something in 2022 regardless.

 

[nOOky]

We've had a New Zealand trip planned for and paid for 2 years now, they won't let us in. Not without 14 days of quarantining, which we won't do. It's getting old.

 

[Mountainfrog]

I'm not a world traveler, but yeah, no time like the present. I live in the Southwest and am planning some road trips. There is no guarantee that any of us will be here tomorrow. A quote from a fly fishing sign I had on my wall, "Do not put off 'till tomorrow, what can be enjoyed today." I'll see you on the trails in Sedona, or fly fishing the Colorado River, or I won't see you at all.

 

[sgltrak]

We've had a New Zealand trip planned for and paid for 2 years now, they won't let us in. Not without 14 days of quarantining, which we won't do. It's getting old.

Don't give up. It is well worth the wait.

 

[sgltrak]

I found this meme I saved a few years back. CoVid got in the way of me doing anything then, but ...

Reasons aren't excuses, they're just obstacles, and obstacles can be got round or tackled.

None of us are getting younger, each year our capacity to do something like this gets less.

Got to do something in 2022 regardless.

Thanks for the reminder. I didn't adventure enough in 2021.

 

[Sanchofula]

We're trying to go somewhere in February, but we may get skunked out again.

There's a lot of things to see and do in the USA .... thinking of a van trip to Arizona/New Mexico

 

[Calsun]

Flying anywhere is an unnecessary risk with the combination of the pandemic and so many fools refusing to get vaccinated. Our travels are with our motorhome where we can avoid airports, crowded planes, hotels, and restaurants.

A separate issue is that attendance in the national parks doubled in 2020 over 2019 and doubled again in 2021. We need to stay with BLM land camping areas.

 

[nOOky]

Don't give up. It is well worth the wait.

Airline tickets etc. are already paid for and we almost have to go when we can. We did a nice France/Italy/Switzerland vacation last August and we've seen quite a bit of the U.S. already. Headed to Washington state in January, but the chance that we'll go to anywhere where there are huge bunches of people ain't happening.

 

[CEB]

Yes indeed ladies and gents, 2020 was giant ZERO, 2021 one trip slipped in (Downieville CA) I've got one trip in March 2022 (Oaxaca), and hope to book a whole lot more. Come Feb 2022, I'll be 64 and there's no waiting around anymore. Pack light, eat right and bike to your uppermost delight.............. that's what I think.

 

[angelo]

Don't give up. It is well worth the wait.

Right on and ride on!!! Nelson, Rotorua, long distance tracks, etc..............

 

[rideit]

So far I have Sayulita/Mascota, Perú, Two weeks in Canada, Moab, and back to Oaxaca planned.

 

[Velobike]

I'm even more determined now.
My 24 hour race in Jan has been cancelled.
Now thinking maybe winter is the time to do something.

 

[Xylx]

YEP. Not putting off travel this year. Taking my daughter a fat bike in Anchorage beginning of February. Riding up front of the plane to minimize contact and AK Air makes everyone mask up. I will do some Kincaid and coastal trail. Might go ride the beach off Kalifornsky Road in Kenai. One last time, if I could arrange a shuttle back from Kasilof.

 

[Norts60]

Been stuck here in Tassie(lots to do here though) for the last couple of years,(not worth going anywhere and we have had 2 short lock downs otherwise in the state you wouldnt know there was a pandemic) been dreaming of getting back to the US to do the GDMBR. Not happening yet.
Instead I am booked on the ferry to the mainland in 28 days. Then set out on the National Trail from Melbourne to Cooktown, 5300kms. I am so looking forward to it.
2022 is looking good

 

[Velobike]

Then set out on the National Trail from Melbourne to Cooktown, 5300kms. I am so looking forward to it.
2022 is looking good

On the stretch north of Cairns, Black Mountain Rd to the Bump Track, watch out for tree kangaroos in the rainforest bits. The only one I ever saw in 30 odd years in NQ was on that track.
Also if it's anything like it was last time I rode it (over 10 years ago) wear a Buff around your neck, then you won't get your throat cut by the wait-a-whiles. I was a right mess and it was only a little one.

EDIT: In the uncivilised bits, i.e. sth of the Qld border, be careful if you're riding in bushfire season. My brother just missed out on getting crisped back when they had the really bad fires about 2009.
(Not sure which bit he was on, but they had no idea there were fires because of no phone reception back then, and it was only because his mate's bike broke that they stopped. There's lots of long way from nowhere along that track. )

 

[Norts60]

Bushfires are always an issue on long rides/hikes. Not many people do a thru hike of PCT or the CDT these days without fire detours( I was lucky).
I am not even trying to think about FNQ at the moment too far in the future.

 

[_CJ]

I had a pretty big adventure planned for my 50th year, but Covid took that away from me. Now I've lost two summers. For sure, I'm making it happen in 2022. Turning 50 has really shown a light on how little time I have left, and losing two years is a BIG deal at this age.

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[milehi]

In 2020 the TV said you couldn't travel but that was untrue. I went to Iceland, Denmark, Czech Republic and Ireland. Flights were dirt cheap and planes were empty. This year was spent on the beach, AZ, J Tree and The Sierra.

 

[azjonboy]

We're trying to go somewhere in February, but we may get skunked out again.

There's a lot of things to see and do in the USA .... thinking of a van trip to Arizona/New Mexico

If you end up coming to AZ, hit me up. Always great riding here that time of year

 

[Calsun]

People do not seem to appreciate that with the U.S. government allowing the vaccine companies funded by taxpayers to prevent other countries from producing vaccine that overall vaccination rates in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, is around 2%. Even if you do not contract Covid on your trip you may find hotels closed or flights cancelled or tours not available. It is a form of blowback for the selfish actions of our medical industry and politicians.

For my part in terms of travel 2020 was a loss and so was 2021. For my wife and I the priority is living as long and healthy as possible. Even many of the Covid survivors are experiencing permanent brain, lung, and kidney problems. I would feel very stupid to get Covid as a result of my failure to exercise adequate precautions.