Looking Back at 2020!

2020 definitely wasn't the year that we all wanted but it was the year that we got and we tried to make the best of it.  Sure I had plenty of events that were cancelled or postponed until 2021, AEW in Boston that was first postponed to August 2020 and then April 2021, New Japan returning to Madison Square Garden was cancelled before tickets went on sale.  I had tickets to two great concerts, KISS and Guns n' Roses that have been postponed until August 2021. 

However, instead of focusing on all the things that we couldn't do or didn't get to do I want to look at what we were able to do.

Before the pandemic and Covid restrictions I went to three wrestling shows, went to my first Boston Bruins game with my Dad & brothers, and Kate & I had an overnight get away to New Hampshire where we went to La Festa Pizza and Funspot.

After the restrictions were put in place at first we stayed home and played a lot of basketball, more than we ever had before and continued to play a lot over the summer.  Drive-In theaters had one of their best years in years screening classic movies as new films were not being released.  We took in such classics as The Wizard of Oz, Willy Wonka, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, The Evil Dead, and more. 

When the campgrounds opened Kate, Wesley, & I spent a weekend in Medway at Pinegrove Campground & Cottages.  All five of us returned in July for four nights.  We couldn't do out normal trip to Canada because the borders were and are still closed, but we explored a part of the county.  

We also found and explored many hiking trails locally and around the State.  We even went Apple picking five weeks in a row at five different orchards.  

We even managed to take a nice vacation to Vermont in mid-October when travel was allowed and the numbers were leveled out.  While in Vermont we did do a lot of sightseeing however, almost everything that we did was outside and we had great weather while we explored. 

You can read all about our adventures over at Labbe Family Voyages.

In 2020 I also had surgery, graduated college, self-published two books, and managed to stay connected with my friends even if we didn't get to hang out like we would have preferred.

I don't see 2021 starting out any different than 2020 finished, but I do have faith that by mid 2021 things will be much, much better. 

Happy New Year!