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Edgewater Couple Sends Postcards

After ‘Virtual Vacations’

By: Lisa Sileo, Acts Retirement-Life Communities and think more deeply about our next trip. We decided
to share the experience of visiting our original homes
Edgewater at Boca Pointe residents Gary Elsner virtually and other places that shaped us.”
and Sharon Nottingham hoped to celebrate their first “This took us to Central New York, Berkley,
anniversary in a meaningful way. Unable to book an California, Kampala, and Uganda among other places.
extravagant vacation with parts of Florida still under We were able to visit all these places very easily with
stay-at-home orders, they instead decided to travel for Google Earth,” Elsner added.
the special occasion – virtually. The couple said the best part about their virtual
Their first “virtual vacation” took them to the South excursions is the interesting conversations afterwards
Pacific. Their travels were exclusively online, but they with family and friends.
“The happiness people have shared with us about their
own past and future travels has brought us even more joy
than the wonderful virtual experiences on our itinerary,”
Elsner said. 
Gary Elsner and Sharon Nottingham, taken before the
coronavirus pandemic.

sent a postcard to their family and friends to document
their experience and share what they learned.
“When we came back from our first virtual trip, we
shared the experience with a couple of friends,” Elsner
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