I Broke My Boycott Resolution

Within hours of the inauguration, I broke my strongest resolution: 

Do not spend tourist dollars in red states.

We had a chance for joy and everyone thriving, and threw it away for reasons I cannot grasp. It will be a rough four years filled with much more work to keep on top of the changes, but not paid work, just fights to keep rights that were hard won.

On a daily basis, I don't know what I can do, but I do know I can choose how to spend my money. My boycotting places like Chik-Fil-A and Hobby Lobby because I don't already support them. But, I do enjoy traveling. Places like Charleston, SC and New Orleans, LA are on my wish list. But they voted for T, along with half of the nation. 

I have conceded to make exceptions for Pennsylvania because it borders us, and Ohio because I do enjoy seeing family, but not the rest of them.

Our plans to escape the United States before he put his hand on the Bible (which, I later learned, he only hovered above the Bible as if he was afraid it would burst into flames) were thwarted by Sunday night's snowstorm in our area. The plane could not arrive in time, so our flight was delayed by three hours, making us miss our connection in Dallas. 

Instead we had a five hour layover in Texas. 

The options became starving for the sake of my morals, and risking my blood sugar crashing and hurting my health at the start of the trip, or buying dinner in the airport. As we were landing at 10 pm in Vancouver (1 am East Coast time), we opted to eat.

I chose to support a local restaurant and watched a football game on TV. Much to my astonishment, I was able to avoid the news during the layover. The TVs only showed sports. The inauguration had taken place while we were in the air. I still have not seen images, nor do I plan to.

Let's see how the next four years go with this resolution. States off the table are:

Alabama

Alaska 

Arizona

Arkansas

Georgia

Idaho

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Michigan

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska (though 1 out of 5 electoral votes went blue)

Nevada

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio (personal exception made to see family and friends)

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania (personal exception made for Langhorne Players shows and Philadelphia)

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

West Virginia

Wisconsin 

Wyoming

This leaves the Northeast, the entire West Coast, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New Mexico. Plus the rest of the planet.

Open to suggestions on how to fight back.