Welcome to our June 2020 edition of
Tales of the Traveling Totes, where a group
of MacKenzie-Childs loving women share where
our totes have been off to.
What adventures have we had during the last
quarter with Covid-19? Miss Madi K and I surprisingly
ended up having quite a bit of fun!!!
At first I thought I would be sharing pictures of:
La Bored Room
Le Decluteria
Costa De Balcony
Porto Gardenas
Ste. Toilette
La Rotunda de Sofa
But as time passed and Utah went from
an orange emergency status to a yellow status,
we had the opportunities to do a few things.
It all started with this little cutie-pie! Her parents
had headed down south to St. George, Utah for
my son's birthday at the end of March. The weather was
so pleasant and the view out of the condo window
was of a pool and palm trees, so they ended up
staying for five weeks! Towards the end of their
time they needed help watching this little one
while they studied for and took their finals.
We had stayed away from everyone, so we were
a little nervous, but they had isolated too, so
we decided to go down and help! As of today, we
have isolated down here for six weeks! We have
children at home who can check on our home
and hubby can do all of his work and his church
work on the phone and internet, so we decided it
was the perfect place to isolate.
We actually have a lot down here, and have thought
of building and moving here, but were unsure about
being so far away from all of the grandkids, who
all live close. This has given us a taste of what
living down here would be like.
We hadn't done any take-out, but the cases of the virus
were so much less down here in the heat, that the kids
talked us into getting some food from restaurants and
heading to parks to eat. Our parks had remained open
and weren't busy.
By May 1st the pools became open and by the next
weekend we could go over to Lake Powell,
which is three hours away, so Miss Madi K
got packed up and we headed to our houseboat.
We invited some friends to Lake Powell with us
who were also isolating down in St. George.
We just went for three nights, and decided
it was safe and fun so we invited two of my
kids to come down for the next weekend.
We boated up the lake to see Rainbow Bridge.
This DIL had never seen it.
The water is way too cold for me this time of year, but
the kids enjoyed it.
We ended up being there for our 41st Anniversary.
We had planned on going to Hawaii, and that
had been cancelled early in April, so it was
fun to have somewhere to go.
My daughter whipped up a beautiful batch
of macarons for our anniversary! I would
never have thought of making them at Lake Powell.
We ended up heading over for a third
weekend in a row. Miss Pansy got to come along
this time.
Our youngest daughter and her husband came this
weekend. He had just graduated from college,
and of course they weren't having convocation, so I
ordered a cap and gown for him, and we went just
down the highway to Horseshow Bend. It is
less than a mile down the road, but we had never been.
It is quite spectacular. Miss Madi K got to take
the short hike out to the view point.
I can't believe we had never come here before. I
guess we have always been in a rush coming
and going, and we had no idea how close it was.
I have been journaling this Covid-19 experience, and
these 16 picture pages tell a lot of the story. I have made
these for the last few years and at the end of the year
I publish them in a book, to tell the year's story. It
makes for a really easy way to document the year.
With the money we got back from the Hawaii trip,
we purchased ebikes. We have been taking bike rides
on the wonderful bike trails in and around St. George.
Again, this is something we have never done, even
though we have been coming to St. George for
over 30 years. This is up Snow Canyon.
Miss Madi K carried hand sanitizer, sunglasses,
sunscreen and other necessaries in the car.
Just a little humor!
Hasn't humor helped with Covid-19?
Pictures don't do justice to the size, scale and color of
these mountains up Snow Canyon. This
mountain is called Island in the Sky and it is massive.
We had scaled this mountain a few years ago with
a friend who is a professional guide. Yes, you have to squeeze through that tiny crack and spider walk crevices!
It was a lot easier riding up
the canyon on an ebike!
I have to say we are addicted to the ebikes -
it is almost like cheating - as you can ride up any steep
hill as the bike assists you.
We finished the morning by going to
breakfast at Tifany's! Miss Madi K
really liked this.
Cinnamon Roll crepe and a Breakfast Crepe! It was
the second restaurant we have sat in. We were the only
ones there. We were glad to see it was up and running.
And last week the TJ Maxx opened in St. George. Only
85 people are allowed in the store.
We had to wait outside just
for five minutes.
Of course our treasure hunting here
paid off!
My sister Joni said she had stopped in theirs and
the shelves had been emptied by pent up shoppers!
Because of our age, we still are social distancing,
wearing our masks and limiting our grocery
shopping. We feel blessed that our family has stayed
employed and healthy and some can work from home.
Who would have ever thought we would be posting
about living through a pandemic, but we are glad
we were able to loosen up a bit this last month.
Hope you are all doing well.
Now for the giveaway - what you have been waiting for!
Join our other travelers and leave a comment on Linda's blog to enter the giveaway! See where
and what they have been up to during the pandemic.
Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths
Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch
Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron
Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda
Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box You are here!
Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply
Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul
Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader
Cherry Kay and Carrie Ann Hall @ Entertaining Women
Here's a peek at my MC friends as we had
a Zoom meeting and I saw their faces and
heard their voices for the first time. Thanks
Patti for putting this photo together.
Here's a peek at my MC friends as we had
a Zoom meeting and I saw their faces and
heard their voices for the first time. Thanks
Patti for putting this photo together.
Join us in September and see where our adventures take us.
