I'm glad you got to go on your pleasure trip. When I take photos from the car, I call it armchair photography. I thought if I gave it a name it would cover my idleness up! You can get surprisingly good results even if you don't get out the car. I enjoyed your post and hopefully there will be more pleasure trips to come.
I hope we are able to get out more, it has not been a pleasant year for us with my health issues.
You've got to have some good luck from now on.
I hope. Things are finally starting to heal, and appointments are finally decreasing.