Dispatches: The Travails of a California Snowbird
Category: Travel
Editor’s note: Our thanks to Frank for sending over a detailed dispatch on what he and Caroline just went through. As Connecticut residents who visit their grandchildren in California for a few winter months each year, they had a lot of important decisions to make when their CA rental expired.
April 4, 2020 —Just a few thoughts from our perspective, having recently gone through the “when to leave” conundrum when we were still in California.
The debate as “to go or stay” was driving us nuts – this was in the early days of the virus hitting California. Unfortunately that also coincided with a diagnosis of bronchitis and an emergency room visit for me (more about that later). Of course the decision input included words of wisdom ( and I might add some panic) from our kids! After days and days of all consuming debate we finally said “today’s the day “ and made a decision to fly home.
That decision was based on the following “best guesses”:
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PS - Frank also made some great suggestions about online activities you can do by yourself or with friends/granchildren, etc. You can see those at https://www.topretirements.com/blog/baby-boomer-issues/stuck-at-home-what-should-you-watch.html/#comment-312619