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Pandemic Road Trip

Title (Dublin Core)

Pandemic Road Trip

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Description (Dublin Core)

During Spring Break of 2020, I was making a twenty hour road trip, from Fort Worth, Texas to Orlando, Florida to visit friends and family. At this point, rumors of COVID spreading were in the air, but the majority of people will still ignorant to how much the pandemic would effect our daily lifestyles. After arriving at my Great Aunt's home, I prepared for bed and got some rest to be ready for a day of walking at Disney World.
The following morning, March 14, when my family and I arrived at Disney, we had never seen the park so empty. No one is any lines. Restaurants were completely open, and it was probably the best experiences I will have at Disney, and I am okay with that.
The following morning, March 15, we started receiving updates that the nation would be shut down due to the issue of the COVID-19 pandemic. This immediately prompted the question of, "Who is going to pick up your cousin from New York?" Being that my family was in Texas, and I was in Florida, I was the closest relative to drive to pick her up. By 4 hours.....
At 4am, on the morning of the 16th, I started another 20 hour drive from Orlando to Upstate, New York. At this point, I have had enough of being in the car, but the good news is, I got to help my cousin move out of her dorm room and make a 22 hour road trip the next morning...
Driving across with my cousin is not for weak of heart, but we were able to safely venture back to Texas after passing through the snowy Appellation Mountains, several torrential rainstorms, and . I am thankful that we traversed the country safely and without getting sick. This is still one of the coolest road trips I have ever taken.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 14, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Andrew Ydoyaga

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text Story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Entertainment: Movies, Theater, etc.
English Travel

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Road Trip
Florida
New York
Texas

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

SpringASession2025

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Tourism story for the COVID-19 Archive

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

05/27/2025

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

07/24/2025

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on May 27, 2025 by Andrew Ydoyaga using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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