Michele Liedtke has been prepping given that February for her first trip in two decades, when she and her most effective friend from eighth quality booked a Maui vacation package.

Liedtke, a veterans’ residence nurse, bought new baggage, swimsuits, outfits and gear for a boat trip  she booked to Molokini, the crescent-shaped crater well-liked with snorkelers.

She also joined a Maui Facebook group  forCOVID-19 travel tips, and even transformed the qualifications on her cell phone to a picture of tropical fish.

On Wednesday, she  left the group and swapped out the aquatic photo.

The weeklong Hawaii excursion, owing to begin the working day after Labor Working day, is off. Liedtke canceled the vacation two days after Hawaii Gov. David Ige issued a plea for tourists to prevent journey to the condition by way of Oct because of to a surge in COVID-19 scenarios straining the state’s presently constrained medical