Traveling Again
The Travel Bug bit Grandma and Grandpa and away we went! Number three child and wife invited us to visit in the far away land of Seattle. The trip was almost a let down after the hype of traveling with a mask. Yes, we wore our masks from the moment we entered Atlanta’s ATL, until we exited Seattle’s SeaTac. The land of air travel has many peculiar rules of which the most peculiar pertaining to masks, is the rule of social distancing. First, there is nothing social about distancing. My Mother taught me to be social by speaking to people, shaking hands and offering help to needy individuals. We tried to speak to everyone we encountered but mainly received stares and muffled replies in answer to our efforts. Most of our replies sounded like, “Gmmouff td mrffty yommmmth.” We can only assume that our efforts sounded similar. Our endeavors at hand shaking showed that to be a dying or dead art. The closest movement to a ...