IMADreamer wrote: ↑May 18 20, 3:47 pm
cardinalkarp wrote: ↑May 15 20, 3:08 pm
GeddyWrox wrote: ↑May 15 20, 11:56 am
So, my 14 y/o daughter is dying to go somewhere this summer. She definitely understands the gravity of the current state of things, but sees states "opening up" and wants to travel. She loves beaches and seeing interesting things, but isn't much of a camping type person. And TBH, neither am I. But I'm much happier than she is to just sit in front of a camp fire for several days.
Assuming things stay relatively status quo (no big spikes, no sudden miracle cure) do you think it would be safe to do a driving vacation to a beach, or perhaps just a driving tour of states we haven't been to yet with stays in hotels along the way?
We are mask-wearers and would probably prepare our own food or do take out everywhere. No sitting in restaurants.
Just wondering what consensus is on the idea.
My girlfriend and I have a 2 week road trip planned starting mid-August where we're going heading out to Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and back to St. Louis.
So I think you know where I stand regarding a road trip vacation. We're going to be doing a lot of camping and staying in some smaller little hotels, but we'll take extra precaution when staying in places.
My concern is the hotels. We have been kicking around the idea of hitting up some national parks after wheat harvest. The thought being the crowds may be smaller. We'd camp most of time, bring our own food, etc. I'm still not sure though.
I agree on concern with hotels. We've been thinking a little more about finding an AirBNB on a lake within a tank of gas from home. Have to both trust their cleaning service and do a wipe down ourselves when we arrive, but limits outside exposure from others in a hotel. Plus, we can bring most of the food we need, and we'd be on/in the water or hiking the whole time.
We also really like camping, but I'm worried about the outhouses/shared bathrooms. My general hygiene, including effective handwashing, goes down while camping, so I feel like those communal bathrooms could be a terrible place for the virus this summer.
All that said, another part of my brain decided to check lodging availability in Glacier this summer. I was previously able to just get one night in a lodge, and we were going to camp for the rest of the time. I was able to find a few nights available and grabbed the rooms, just in case. Can cancel just a few days ahead of time without penalty. I think there have been some cancellations, so who knows, maybe it will be a little less crowded. Unlikely that we'll actually go, but just in case...