{"id":862,"date":"2021-10-09T21:10:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T02:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/?p=862"},"modified":"2021-10-10T07:08:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T12:08:24","slug":"on-to-the-next-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/09\/on-to-the-next-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"On to the Next Phase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;re finishing up our Vermont maple liqueur in a symbolic transition as we prepare to depart next week for the next stop on the Messy Suitcase tour, the birthplace of pi\u00f1a coladas: Puerto Rico!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211009_181457-1008x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-863\" width=\"660\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211009_181457-1008x1024.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211009_181457-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211009_181457-768x780.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211009_181457-1513x1536.jpg 1513w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211009_181457.jpg 2006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our September vacation in England (taking our oldest child, Aryk, who is pursuing their master&#8217;s at Bath Spa University, to school) was great preparation for re-entry to our traveling lifestyle, post-COVID version. We are double-vaxxed, indoor-masked, and ready to launch our lives again as traveling retirees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we set off, we&#8217;re spending a long weekend in Colchester, VT, north of Burlington, with our son, Gavin, who was also with us when we launched the traveling life in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-10-08-14.51.14-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-10-08-14.51.14-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"866\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-10-08-14.51.14-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?attachment_id=866\" class=\"wp-image-866\" 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https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-10-08-16.09.56-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Migrating birds taking a break on Lake Champlain in Colchester<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Gavin returns to Champlain College after this break, and Bob and I head to Manchester, NH, to park our car at a park\/sleep\/fly lot and board a plane the next morning for Puerto Rico!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Few Changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This time we will be renting a car instead of driving our own. We&#8217;ll have just one cat, Kaylee, instead of the three we started with &#8212; Equinox passed away in Mexico City last year, and Ellie lives with Gavin at Champlain College. We are heading to Puerto Rico, a US territory, instead of back to Mexico for COVID safety and COVID convenience &#8212; less testing hassle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_192315-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-864\" width=\"674\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_192315-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_192315-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_192315-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_192315-1536x996.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20211006_192315-2048x1328.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><figcaption>Kaylee helps pack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But life is too short to spend any more time waiting for the pandemic to end. It&#8217;s time to live again. We have to learn to navigate COVID while staying safe and enjoying life. We plan to spend a month in Luquillo in an oceanfront condo, and a month in San Juan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wish us luck, and subscribe to our blog!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hasta la vista!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lisa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re finishing up our Vermont maple liqueur in a symbolic transition as we prepare to depart next week for the next stop on the Messy Suitcase tour, the birthplace of pi\u00f1a coladas: Puerto Rico!&nbsp; Our September vacation in England (taking our oldest child, Aryk, who is pursuing their master&#8217;s at Bath Spa University, to school) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/09\/on-to-the-next-phase\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On to the Next Phase&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[267,222,268,15],"tags":[7,27,266,12,261,262,37],"class_list":["post-862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-england","category-lisa-blogger","category-puerto-rico","category-vermont","tag-messy-suitcase","tag-messysuitcase","tag-puertorico","tag-travel","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger","tag-vermont"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":899,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions\/899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}