With the end of my business trips after the Indianapolis fiasco last month, my travel plans for the rest of the year have been pared back. It looks like I will go on two major trips later this year.
First will be the hated Alaska, where my parents had bought a place, and left a California-registered Ford Econoline cruising van. It looks like the Econoline is ill-suited for Alaska use, and is needed back in California anyway, so I will be in charge of driving it back home, and purchasing a four-wheel-drive vehicle for Alaska local use. I've already purchased a one-way ticket to Anchorage on US Airways for this trip - it will be my first flight on US Airways. (Thanks to Star Alliance, I will get United miles for this flight.) This will need to be done before Alaska Highway is snowed in for the rest of the year.
For Thanksgiving, I am expecting to head north again - to Toronto, which will be chilly, but not TOO chilly then. Since Canadian Thanksgiving is on American Columbus Day instead of November, I'll be arriving on what will be a normal workweek for the locals. This will be my first visit to Toronto. I haven't traveled much at all this year for pleasure, so this Toronto trip will be well-deserved. I'm looking forward to the trip, as Toronto is Canada's answer to New York AND Chicago.
Unfortunately, I don't expect a European trip at this time - and it will have been over 5 years since my last European trip by the time this year ends. This needs to change sometime soon. Meanwhile, I am tightening my finances, in order to save up a small fortune and hopefully buy a modest condo; this will probably mean further cutbacks in my travel plans.
