Umngane wami uBetsy ungishayele ucingo ephambi kwesitofu sakhe, lapho abephekela khona izingane zakhe ezine iminyaka eminingi kakhulu ukubala.
“Kwenzenjani ngalesi sithombe?” ebuza.
“Nginengane eyodwa ilibangise eColorado, enye ilibangise kwa-Israel, enye isendleleni eya eMexico kanti eyesine ihlela ukuya eNorway.”
Izingane zakhe sezizophuma ekolishi futhi cishe zizodwa, futhi uBetsy wacabanga ukuthi kuzoba nguyena ojikelezayo ngalesi sikhathi empilweni yakhe.
“Ngiyazi ukuthi usho ukuthini,” ngathi. “Okwami ngilibangise eMexico ngekhefu lasentwasahlobo. Angikaze ngithathe uhambo lwekhefu lasentwasahlobo ekolishi futhi akekho engangimazi. Futhi lezo kwakuyizinsuku lapho i-Daytona Beach yayibhekwa njengomngcele. "
Nginabangane abake bavakashela izingane zabo ezihambe kahle. Omunye waya eNingizimu Afrika ukuyobona indodakazi yakhe. Omunye waya eMelika Ephakathi, omunye waya eFrance kanti omunye waya e-Australia.
(Indodakazi yami ithe icabanga ukuthuthela e-Australia nabangane ngemva kokuphothula ekolishi. Kubonakala sengathi wonke umuntu uya e-Australia, ngendlela abantu abasha ababeya ngayo eNew York City.)
(Angikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi ngatshala le mbewu ngokuhlala ngimfunda u-Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, incwadi yezingane kaJudith Viorst lapho umlingisi wesihloko esongela ukuthuthela e-Australia uma eqhubeka nokuthola. ishintshwe ngokohlelo lwakhe lokuzalwa.)
Kodwa akuwona wonke ama-boomers abhala amasheke ukuze amboze i-internship yezingane zabo e-Central America, futhi akubona bonke abalala kusofa wengane kwezinye i-pied-a-terre engavamile.
Ngokusho kwe-AARP kanye nemibiko yemboni yezokuvakasha, uhambo lokungcebeleka phakathi kwama-boomers luqhume lwaba ngumkhakha wamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-150, futhi sishintsha imvelo yesipiliyoni.
Uma sihamba, sithanda ukuthatha izingane nabazukulu, uma sinabo. Sizobayisa ku-Disney World, impela, kodwa sizophinde sibayise e-Las Vegas noma ukushushuluza. (Noma, uma sifana nomngane wami uConnie, sibathatha sigembule futhi sishushuluze eTahoe.)
Asiluthandi uhambo lwamabhasi olusivumela kuphela ukuthi sibone umhlaba njengoba sihamba kuwo, sinendawo yokuma eyimizuzu engu-15 endaweni eyisikhumbuzo. Asinandaba namaqembu, hhayi amaqembu amakhulu. Sisakuthanda ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, kodwa ukuya ezindaweni ezifana ne-Alaska noma i-Egypt, noma mhlawumbe ngesikebhe sikaseyili eCaribbean.
Futhi sithanda i-adventure. Uhambo olunikeza inselele ngokomzimba, njengokuhamba ngezinyawo, ukuhamba ngomkhumbi, noma ibhaluni lomoya oshisayo, noma inselele yobuhlakani, njengokuhamba eGreece noprofesa wasekolishi ochwepheshe bomlando wamaGreki noma ofundela ukupheka amasonto amabili endlini esemaphandleni eseProvence. .
Izingane zethu ezifunda ekolishi zingase zifune ukulala olwandle nesiphuzo esinezithelo, kodwa asifuni. Silangazelela ulwazi, ngokusho kwabahlaziyi bemboni yezokuvakasha.
Sinayo imali - kahle, abanye bethu - ukuhamba, kodwa sihlushwa yilokho okubizwa ngokuthi "ubumpofu besikhathi." Abaningi bethu basebenza isikhathi eside kunalokho ebesikulindele noma banezinye izibopho ezinzima. Kodwa silazi kahle iwashi futhi, nakuba sinamandla kakhulu ku-60 no-70 kunokuba abazali bethu bebengaba yikho, sifuna ukubona izingxenye ezithile zomhlaba ngaphambi kokuba sintekenteke kakhulu ukuba singaphatha ukuhamba.
Mina nomyeni wami siye sahamba kancane futhi silingana nemodeli entsha. Uhambo lwethu oluya eCosta Rica lwalungelona elokuvakashela indawo yokungcebeleka ehlanganisa yonke into lapho iziphuzo zezambulela zazinikezwa edamini. Kwakuwuhambo lwemvelo endaweni ekude kakhulu yezwe, futhi kuthatha kokubili ukuqina namandla.
Kwakuphakathi nohambo oluya e-Italy emshadweni wendodakazi yomngane womngane wethu lapho sahlangana khona nabanye osomahlaya abampilo yabo manje ebuswa ukuhamba - bachitha amasonto ambalwa nje ngonyaka ekhaya. Kungenzeka asikaze siyibone iRoma ukube sasingazimiselanga ukuya emshadweni walo mntwana, kodwa safika.
Kunezinye izici ezithinta ukuzulazula kwethu.
Cishe sonke sinabangane abangazange baphile isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukuba bathathe umhlalaphansi futhi babone umhlaba.
Lolo lwazi, kanye nenkumbulo yamaphupho abo ohambo angagcwaliseki, kusishiya nesithembiso okufanele sisigcine – esingeke sikuhlehlise ukuya, njengoba leso sihloko sencwadi yokuvakasha sibonisa, okungenani eyodwa kweziyi-1000 Izindawo Ongazibona Ngaphambi Kokufa.
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