Thursday, August 12- Kansas City to Anchorage
I haven’t updated published a blog in awhile. COVID largely spared my loved ones and me but it sure had an impact on my travel. Eastern Europe in late June- moved to October of 2022. The cruise off Belize and Guatemala in October- COVID situation in Belize was worsening and I was given the opportunity to change to one within Alaska. I grabbed it. Ron and I had taken UnCruise in Alaska in 2012 and 2014. I’d been considering returning so this was all I needed. In addition to proof of vaccination they required a negative COVID test a few days before. Happily, it did come back negative (I had no reason to expect otherwise but you never know). American Airlines sent me a dire warning a few days before: TSA lines were long, get there 2 hours early for domestic flights… I checked the MyTSA app and found estimates of 15-minute wait times. Sure enough, the line I needed to use never had more than a few people and only one person ahead of me when I entered it- and I didn’