Where to next?

Travel options abound right now. I think people are starting to have cabin fever already. It seems early this year, especially since the temperature was in the 70s the last two days. Maybe it is just the time of year. I have some friends who want me to go on a tour to Iceland, Greenland and "some other islands" in the summer. "What other islands?" I asked...but they couldn't say. So how much was this trip? They figured over $10,000 for the two of them. Maybe just $4,500 for me.  Yikes...how bad do I want to go to Greenland? . Another couple is going to the "Spanish Islands". I'm assuming this is the Balearic Islands - Majorca and Ibiza, maybe or the Canaries?

I'm talking up a trip to Ireland with my brother. They went last year and probably don't want to go back so soon so maybe I'll have to wait on that.

My dream trip would be to go to Ethiopia. Sounds odd, right? Look it up. I'm not sure how to work that out. Nobody else I know wants to go to Ethiopia and most have no idea where it is. That's a bucket list thing.

For the time being, I will be content with a rail trip back down to New Mexico. I think I'll go in March by Amtrak and book a "roomette". It would be cheaper to drive but the way I drive I'd spent two nights in a hotel along the way and have to pay for gas and food so the train cost is not so much out of line for me. If two were going it would be much cheaper. The only extra expense would be renting a car in Albuquerque. I've taken this trip twice before and it is enjoyable and you meet some interesting people. The train runs between Los Angeles and Chicago and there are a surprising number of folks who make the entire trip. Some people just don't want to fly. That's a little odd in this day and age but they have their reasons. They all have stories to tell and on the slow transit across the Great Plains there are ample opportunities to spend time with folks you would never meet otherwise.