I thought
2020 was going to be a year of perfect clarity. A year when we could look back with
hindsight on all that we learned, and as travelers, all that we saw, and glean
from it lessons that would move us forward in life. This is after all, what travel
does to those who are paying attention. And it is the definition of 2020
vision. Instead, I have thus far learned something far more meaningful, as
events this year kept me mostly indoors looking at the four walls in my home and
my coffee colored carpet. I had much to think about during our period of
lockdown and slow reopening, which was intensified by nationwide civil unrest
and early curfew in Los Angeles and other major cities.
