Two years ago today, I was in Glasgow, Scotland. We then celebrated the new year in London, England, before heading home, with many travel plans ahead of us.
As we all know, those didn’t happen.
But I still managed quite a bit of travel in 2020, before the industry basically shut down. I spent a long weekend in Columbia, South Carolina, making quick trips to Charleston, South Carolina, and Asheville, North Carolina, while there; I hung out in Scottsdale, Arizona, before a work conference to squeeze in some “bleisure“; went tubing down Copper Mountain in Frisco, Colorado; and explored the ice castles in Dillon, Colorado.
We then learned how to travel a different way, abandoning plane travel and embracing road trips for our anniversary and babymoon, giving us the chance to visit Savannah and Blue Ridge, Georgia, as well as spend more time in Charleston and Asheville.
2020 taught us a lot, but 2021 even more, despite it being the quietest year for travel I’ve had in a long time. In January of this year, we had our son – and if road tripping while pregnant was tricky, taking any sort of trip with the baby hit a whole new level. I made just three major trips this year:
Kieu Hoang Winery in Napa 
Hell’s Kitchen in Las Vegas 
Muir Woods
• Our anniversary trip to San Francisco, California – we saw redwoods!
• A work trip to Las Vegas, Nevada
• An overnight at Forever Spring‘s “Happy House” in Williston, Florida
Of course, because of COVID, as well as our new limitations, we’ve gotten much better about exploring the Tampa Bay area. We took a day trip to Rainbow River in August that was so much fun, as well as a quick trip to Parkesdale in Plant City. We have also found some great places to take the dude on walks, like the Courtney Campbell Causeway and all Safety Harbor, and we continue to prioritize eating at new, local restaurants in both Tampa and St. Pete.
Next year, we’re moving into a new house, and that will give us more opportunities to explore the things around it. Of course, I’m also very excited for the big trips we already have planned:
• Our family trip to Ireland
• A bachelorette party in Austin, Texas
• A wedding in Columbia, South Carolina
Planning travel is hard for all of us right now, even if you don’t have a baby to plan around. But y’all, stay hopeful, dream up new vacations, and keep tripping, however you can. Cheers to more traveling in 2022!