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TRA VEL

Hoping to

Travel Again

with Mic

by Sandi McGinnis

efore 2020, we loved to travel. Our daughter and her
We have visited every state hubby had taken a
Bmultiple times, as well as Curious George monkey
fifty-eight countries over the years. on a cruise and sent us
But the restrictions of Covid-19 put fun photos of him with a
an end to our traveling. And who real live monkey.
knows what 2021 will bring?
We had a trip to Ireland starter wherever we went, a
We have many memories of our scheduled for May 2016 - perfect wonderful travel companion.
trips. It’s fun to look back and re- time to find something fun and
live some of our travels while we meaningful to go along. It was Scanning through the photos on my
wait to be able to travel again. around Easter that we found a cute, iPhone from March 2016 until now,
plush toy lamb. Just the thing! Soft I tried to count the states and the
Mic is only four years old, but he has and easy to carry in my purse. And, countries that Mic has visited. He
been many places already. Shortly of course, Ireland is home to fields has made many road trips with us as
before his first trip, our daughter full of sheep with their lambs. Plus, well as several cruises. He tends to
suggested that we needed a “travel a deeper meaning - that the Lamb of have his picture snapped sitting on
along”. We had seen people on God would travel with us, not only tea tables and among wine bottles!
airplanes snapping pictures with pet to Ireland but wherever we went. There are also many photos in
items, like a rubber-like Gumby and airports and on airplanes. He even
Pokey, so we knew what she meant. So how did he get his name? Easy. had his picture taken in a gondola
It’s the Mc from McGinnis. Often a on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy.
nickname that is used for McGinnis Oh, the stories he could tell!
is either Mac or Mick. We liked Mic
the best for our little lamb. After Mic’s first trip to Ireland, he
had a very busy 2017. It included
And off we flew to Shannon, Ireland his first cruise from Los Angeles
with Mic in my purse. He had his to the Mexican Riviera. He flew to
picture taken as we visited museums Rome for his second cruise, which
and on a boat trip on the only fjord included eight countries and ended
in Ireland. He even went to a sheep with his gondola ride in Venice.
farm! He was a real conversation- There were a number of road trips

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