Hundreds of thousands of snowbirds expected to flock south after spending last winter hibernating – By Sophia Harris (CBC News) / Oct 31 2021
COVID-19 vaccines, land border reopening are a game changer, association says
Snowbird Fred Welsh hopes to be one of the first in line to cross the U.S. land border when it reopens on Nov. 8 to fully vaccinated Canadian travellers.
“If the border opens one minute after 12 a.m., we’ll be in that line,” said Welsh, 59, of Gillams, N.L. “I have a great passion for sunny weather.”
After the United States closed its land border to non-essential travel in March 2020 and COVID-19 cases surged last fall, the majority of snowbirds turned up the thermostat and stayed put.
For Welsh, it was his first winter in Canada in eight years, and he had to buy a winter coat, boots and a snow blower. But now that he’s fully vaccinated, Welsh is ready to return to Florida — even though the pandemic isn’t over.
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