#Microblog Monday 477: The Places We Can’t Go
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Many years ago, I read an article that said the Old Man of Hoy would fall into the sea one day, and I suddenly had to see this sea stack for myself. We took the ferry out to Orkney so we could pass it on the water, and we took a million pictures while we called our greetings. (Okay, I was the only one who called out things, but I think the rest of us were silently considering it.)
It’s the same impulse that made us schedule a tour to see Dark Hedges in Northern Ireland (damn you, COVID, for canceling that trip). Those trees will be gone one day, and we wanted to be there. To hang out with some tree friends.
It makes me sad when I hear about places we can’t go or amazing things that we can’t see anymore. Similar to closed restaurants or books out of print.
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My post today gets into this a little… there’s been a lot of articles lately about how things like backyard skating rinks and the skating rink on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa are gradually disappearing because of climate change. 🙁 I want to get back to the Columbia Icefields in Banff, & take a cruise to Alaska to see the glaciers before they’re all gone. Cruises generally don’t appeal to me that much, but that one does!
During a summer abroad I decided not to go to Versailles when I was in Paris and passed up a weekend trip to Rome (due to the July heat). I remember assuming I would have another chance to visit…I’ve been to London once since then, but I wish I could go back in time and get to experience those cities as that version of myself.
Bigger picture though I think back to that Sliding Doors theory. I somewhat believe that I might not have these exact loved ones in my life (this husband and these kids) if enough events unfolded differently / had I made different choices.
Oooh, thank you for telling me about Dark Hedges. We’re hopefully going to Ireland (and northern?) later this year, and I’m going to add it to my list. I might have to ask you what other places you were going to visit there, as I haven’t started researching yet. (My name is Irish, and origins are close to Northern Ireland, so I’ll probably go there.)
And Loribeth’s comment about Banff makes me want to put that much higher on our list of places to visit.
And I’m with you on restaurants etc. The other week it was a rainy Sunday, the perfect day for us to go out to brunch at our favourite local restaurant. Except they closed a year ago. I miss it so much.
I’m glad you saw the stacked rocks of Orkney, but it is so sad to think of the things that will cease to be because of humans. I want to see the glaciers of Alaska, but I fear if we don’t do it soon that will be gone too. But maybe there will be new things, or things that are off the beaten path to discover?