Enga mellom fjella

Cold...

...dreary.

Me:

I asked Dawn where the sun was... ...none in sight until Friday ...maybe. She thinks we'll get a warm week sometime in October. Would be nice. We went from 10 degrees over average to ten below. Highs are a damp 50s. Lows hovering near freezing.

At least my rooms cooled off! Better sleeping weather for me. I don't do hot.

And the rain... last September it was smoky the entire month and not one measurable drop of precipitation, nada. This September we'll be over normal. Still over 3 inches below for an average year. It's been bone dry.

There's snow on the peaks.

A good sign.

Me? Hanging in there. Not well. Yes, I took my meds. Yes, I've been out of my place. Posted photos, had coffee twice, some reading. Still... bored and concerned about health.

Reading about Fiji and Portugal. Can get autumn flight to Lisbon for less than $1,000. More like $1,161 if I want to avoid Newark and go through Paris-Salt Lake City/Seattle or Amsterdam-Minneapolis.

Long flights. About 18 hours. Risky. Ride on the bus was risky too though.

Medellin, Colombia: 15/16 hours ...but through Houston (ack). Cost? $753. Bogota is about the same price but 10/13 hours is possible and there are Delta flights through SLC and ATL.

Costa Rica? October is a lousy time to visit, but $638 on Delta 12/15 hours similar to last time. I soooooo want to go. More expensive to fly to Liberia, CR (longer and crappy connections as well).

Manchester, England? About $1,050 and 16/17 on KLM/Air France.

So... warmer places?

Kona, Hawai'i: $693 or just over $700 for 13/14. $984 for 10/10 hours.

Fiji: Nadi $1,200 21/21 hours. $1,328 but 23/24 to Suva (goes through Nadi).

Using ITA Matrix... takes a few seconds but it's worth the wait.

So many places to dream about. Better than getting more depressed than I already am! Unfortunately... cost... Nothing's cheap!

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