Political Fallout Drives Travel

Since I am planning to road trip this summer, what places do I most desire to see?

I live in South Florida, the place where Ex – President Donald Trump just got indicted for various criminal crimes against our country. So consider the sheer gravity of this moment sinking in, knowing he’s the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges by the federal government that he once oversaw. Thus I cringe at the ominous prospect of potential insurrections sparking public dissent during the upcoming arraignment and future trial proceedings in Miami of this accused man. I’m also traumatized by the humanely insensitive administration of current governor, Ron De Santis. For I wonder why he’s been been given full clearance in Tallahassee to run around the country campaigning for President and not actually be present to govern in our state. To make matters worse, I vehemently question as a concerned citizen that his frequent absence from Florida now comes at a time when potential unrest in Miami next week would undoubtedly dictate his clear and direct oversight of security measures that day.

So let’s just say that these are two prime examples of political poison in the state and region where I live that drives me to look elsewhere now to experience America from a more optimistic perspective.This motivation also provides a logical rationale for our upcoming road trip itinerary northward to visit sites that I hope will make me feel American proud again.

I must first highlight this patriotic journey then with hopeful visions of glorious military victory from past Civil War times in our revisits to the famed Gettysburg and Richmond battlegrounds. I look forward as well to obtain further glimpses of our nation’s cherished past as we linger around famed downtown squares in Savannah, Georgia, go museum hopping in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and tour the iconic home base of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. When it’s time to find new places to just cool off and relax from our nation’ latest political crisis, a short stay at beachfront Atlantic City, New Jersey seems to also fit well as a timely slowdown with us on this vacation. I’m moreover hopeful that during our four day stay with family in suburban Maryland near Washington D. C., the nation’s Capitol will also “draw me in” to visit those heroic monuments of Lincoln, Jefferson, FDR, and Washington in appreciation of their past service to our country.  

So let the firestorm begin in Miami next week as I just do not desire to be anywhere near there then. For it seems to be a fitting time to divorce myself of the continuing negative “vibes” of this former President and our current governor to feel renewed hope through travel in my country that I so desperately need reason to love.