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Touring COVID Texas

Title (Dublin Core)

Touring COVID Texas

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Description (Dublin Core)

When reflecting back to my traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic I think of constantly waiting. I was overseas when the pandemic started and was not worried at all about travel restrictions. I was not even concern about what might happen to me. All of a sudden traveling stop in the middle of March and I was supposed to leave in April. I felt the full effect of the restrictions of where I lived and I made sure I followed every restriction because I wanted to come home. Forward to three months later I was able to come home after travel was open back up but I immediately noticed a difference. We could not leave the plane during refueling. I quarantine before I left and again once I arrived. The world I left had change entirely. Mask were worn by almost everyone and lines were longer because of spacing. Sometimes there would not even be a line because stores and shops were closed down. Once I finally made it home my day to day routines became less adventurous. I used delivery apps on my phone to order the majority of what I needed. This was continuous until the end of 2020 leading into 2021. Restrictions to COVID were becoming social norms and less enforced, specifically where I lived, Mississippi. The first trip I took once restrictions of travel were lifted was to San Antonio. Touring in in Texas was thriving when I initially got there. However the very next week Texas had frozen over. We did not have electricity or water for almost a week. Texas was in a state of emergency. Traveling on the road was highly advised against. Getting resources to feed myself was difficult. I waited in line for two hours to gather groceries for myself because the line stretch around the store. Once I was able to leave Texas and return home I did. My time traveling to Texas set a precedent for me. I now travel with extra food and water no matter where I go.

Date (Dublin Core)

February 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

self

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Travis Gunnells

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Touring, Tourism
text story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Biography
English Transportation
English Social Distance
English Aviation

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

travel
Texas
memory
tourism
quarantine
Mississippi

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

history of tourism
touring
Texas
Mississippi

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

02/02/2023

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/09/2023

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This item was submitted on February 2, 2023 by Travis Gunnells using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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