<\/a><\/p>\n Missing Beautiful Kauai<\/p>\n Many posts by (insert your favorite travel blog name here) are asking the question, \u201cwhen will it be all right to start traveling again?\u201d There\u2019s a lot being written about on this subject. After reading many ideas and attitudes about the travel question, my own opinion on this has changed. I think I may have come up with an answer (at least that I will follow).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The week of March 15th, 2020 is one we will all remember. Around the world the COVID-19 pandemic was worsening by the day. Earlier in the year on January 23rd China had officially locked down Wuhan, its ninth largest city. A month later Italy locked down on February 23rd. On Wednesday March 11th President Trump declared a travel ban on Europe, and then two days later on Friday March 13th declared the corona virus pandemic a national emergency. That following Monday March 16th the President issued guidelines that asked Americans\u2019 to avoid social contact in order to slow the spread. On Thursday March 19th California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statewide shelter in place order, with New York and much of the country soon following. March certainly was the month the world changed<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n I work at a small office in Roseville California (a suburb of Sacramento), and I remember coming into work that Monday March 16th and wondering if we would need to migrate to a working from home configuration sometime later in the month. By the next day it was obvious we were, and by Wednesday we had decided to make the announcement and move to a \u201cwork from home\u201d arrangement. Everything changed so fast. Much to our surprise, the transition went relatively smooth and we were able to preform most, if not all, the tasks necessary to run our business from assorted living rooms and kitchen tables.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n During March I Got Use To Traveling In My Home Neighborhood<\/p>\n I review this recent history of the March madness we all faced, as a tool to set the emotional bar of how much our world had changed. It wasn\u2019t long after this time I started seeing a number of articles in the travel blogs titled; \u201cWhen Will It Be OK To Travel Again?\u201d Several opinions and metrics were given, some thoughtful, and others not as much. I have been grappling with the elements of this question, struggling with the different issues that are involved with traveling during a worldwide pandemic.<\/p>\n March, April, and May are well behind us and we just got through June. April was a slog, with most of us sheltering in place, and some of us eating and\/or drinking our way through the month. No judging here. In May many area\u2019s of the country started to open up, and travel and the stock market has started to recover. Now we\u2019re almost through June, and with many of the 48 states open, we are also seeing a rise in new cases of COVID-19 in a number of locations. And so, with this history behind us I started to write about the question \u201cIs it OK to travel again?\u201d The answer I came to even surprised myself. \u201cIt\u2019s OK To Travel, If You\u2019re Comfortable With It\u201d. This answer sounds obvious once stated, but it wasn\u2019t obvious to myself until I ran through the mental exercise of answering the question.<\/p>\nLooking Back to March<\/strong><\/h3>\n