China News Service, May 31. In the United States, the Memorial Day long weekend marks the beginning of the summer travel season, despite soaring gasoline prices and high inflation, according to the US "World Journal" report. Influence the enthusiasm of Chinese in Southern California to travel.
Cindy, a resident of Alhambra in Los Angeles County, left for Florida a few days before the long weekend.
Cindy said that the long trip was planned as early as a month ago, because her husband's sister settled in Florida, the extended family members deliberately chose to rush to her sister's house from all over the United States on the Memorial Day weekend to celebrate their parents' 57th wedding anniversary. .
For this trip, my husband who works in the bank specially took a few days of annual leave, plus three days of small vacations, the whole trip was nearly a week.
In Siesta Key Beach, Florida, Cindy got up at about 5 in the morning to watch the sunrise, and watched the sunset by the sea at dusk. She stepped on the white sandy beach and enjoyed a comfortable time not seen in a long time, "South Although there are many beaches in Jia, it is far less clean than here. Maybe I haven’t traveled for a long time, and I feel relaxed like never before. The epidemic has changed my mind a lot. I must spend more time with my family and travel more. Learn to have fun in time."
A city resident Rachel's family opted for a short trip over the Memorial Day long weekend. On the morning of May 28, they went camping at Lake Perris in Riverside County, along with seven or eight families.
"We went out at eight o'clock in the morning, and the road was not blocked, but when we arrived at the gate of the campsite, there were a lot of tourists in line." This was the Rachel family's first camping, and the child was very excited, and had prepared a small suitcase a few days ago.
Rachel said that she actually wanted to plan a long trip, but her husband went to work and her children went to school, so she couldn't take a long vacation, and now the oil price is expensive, she finally decided to take a short trip within two hours, "Choose camping, you can save the hotel. You also bring your own accommodation and food, and the cost of the two-day trip is very cheap.”
The several Chinese families who went camping with Rachel prepared a sumptuous meal, including barbecue, desserts, cakes, etc. Everyone gathered together to enjoy the long-awaited excitement.
During the day, the children skip rope, tug of war, and share traditional games. At night, when the local temperature is low, the children are wrapped in quilts and sit and watch cartoons together, while the parents gather around the bonfire to chat and have fun.
There are also many Southern California Chinese who avoid the peak travel time of the Memorial Day long weekend and choose to travel before the holiday.
Ms. Cheng, who lives in Azusa, went to Hawaii a week ago with her family to attend a friend's wedding and took the opportunity to have a good time. "There are more flights before the peak, and the hotel costs are relatively low. It was a good trip.”
Ms. Cheng's husband works as an engineer in a high-tech company and has been working from home since the epidemic. The free working hours contributed to this early trip.
Ms. Cheng said, "My husband can work anywhere with a computer. The company does not have daily work assessments, so he only needs to report on a weekly basis, so he works overtime in advance to complete the workload, which frees up time for travel." But for most For office workers, such freedom is rare.
(Shao Min)