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Originally Posted by rilysmom  Hi, TOY, glad you are back. Hope you had a wonderful time and I can't wait to hear what Taffy does when you pick her up. Safe travels. |
Oh boy, only a very few on the board knew this but...
That glorious bus tour of New England that I thought was going to be the trip of my dreams? You know, the tour that both my husband and I had planned and dreamed of for 22 years?
I didn't even last for 2 hours on the 10 day trip!
Turns out that vertigo and motion sickness don't do well even on a luxury bus. I'm not sure there wasn't just a bit of claustrophobia thrown in although I don't think that would cause the dizzy nausea. All I know is those first two days of travel were to be 8-10 hours of straight riding except for meal/rest stops and after less than an hour in, all I could think about was how to cause the least humiliation, embarrassment, and trouble for the other passengers! Plus, how on earth do I solve the problem?
I sent my husband and my luggage on...LOL (It was quite an expensive trip and I didn't want to rain on his parade plus they would have lost so much time unloading the luggage to get to mine.) I had my meds, etc. in the carry-on so I had the bus drop me off at a Cracker Barrel!
Lesson learned: even if your husband takes his cell phone, said wife should also take hers! Lesson learned: take a day trip to see if you can survive a 10 day tour if you have vertigo. (Have you guys realized pay phones are practically non-existent nowadays?)
Luckily I reached the cousin who had driven my car to the bus loading before he left for the day. He got me back home...bless his heart. It took me a couple of days before the house stopped moving but I survived. I so wanted Taffy but she was a 7 hour drive away and I couldn't face 14 hours of driving/riding plus she didn't need to miss the spaying we had scheduled.
It makes a funny story now but I meet that bus tonight...sheepishly, I might add. I can't wait to get my husband home and after he has a couple of days rest, we're off to get Miss Priss. That 7 hour one-way trip? I've made reservations at 2 different places! After we pick up Taffy, we're off for a "family" vacation with her. (Did I mention she gets car sick, too? Twice on the way up.) We're going to take 5 days this time for the 14 hours...LOL
So guys, don't expect gushing tales about my long-awaited trip to New England. We do plan to make it again in a personal car the next time though!