Are you traveling right now? (camping, cost, cycle, hotel)
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Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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Yes, as usual.
Have been more careful to not expose others.
Have rearranged a few trips and events to be less participants, and outdoors if possible.
Limit time with contacts, (<15 min)
A lot more solo travel. (Often via back roads / motorcycle)
Fewer museums, concerts, classes.
Covid is here to stay (we missed our chance to stop it)
Deal with it in all ways. (Travel, home, office, events)
Author SHOULD have written a proactive and beneficial travel recommendation article.
"This is what I would be doing if not for Covid, but this is how I can continue to do those things IN SPITE of Covid." Most activities are still possible to do.... Just do them differently. !
An example is the family reunion discussion.... Instead of lamenting.... Figure out how to host a safe one!
Granted, daily quick and accurate testing should have been available for the last yr. (As S Korea offered to CDC... <$4). USA cost can still be $240 and 72 hr results. . We have the technology and resources to mitigate Covid fear / disruption. Just Do It.
We left for a 2 week vacation on July 31st. Yes we were a little concerned, but we were taking our trailer and camping/hiking for the majority of the trip. We felt like there was a small risk with these activities. We drove from Wyoming to Oregon and camped there for a few days. We saw Crater Lake N.P. but we stayed away from people as much as possible, and all the visitor centers required masks.
Then we drove down to the redwoods in Northern California. We did some hikes, but again stayed away from others and picked less popular hikes, or went at off times. We did grab a meal in Trinidad, but the restaurant was firm about their mask policy and again we went at an off time.
Finally we drove to central California to visit our families. We are all vaccinated, as are my in-laws and my mom. The three cousins ages 12, 10, and 6 are not vaccinated, and they had just returned from a trip to Knott's Berry Farm, Universal Studios, and Midevil times. Guess what, one of the cousins tested positive for Covid when we were visiting and we were all exposed. Canceled the remainder of our trip. Never went to see my 93 year old grandma down in LA. Got tested for Covid and our family tested negative, one of the other boys tested positive but by then we drove the 23 hours back home.
Do I regret the vacation? Not at all. We had a blast. Do I regret seeing the cousins right after they had been in three very populated tourist areas? Yeah. Wish my brother-in-law had waited a few days before bringing his boys over to visit all of us. We showed up at my husband's parents house and they were already there and waiting. Hindsight is 20/20.
Would I take a 2 week trip given the state of things as it stands in the country now? Probably not. We knew we were pushing things as it was, and it bit us. Staying put for a while until things slow down again.
Less and less, day by day. Another record number of cases here in NSW, today we may travel even less. We can travel in our local government area but if outside it only up to 5ks unless we have an essential reason to travel. If we are in a red zone only 5ks.
Meanwhile Victoria, includes Melbourne, have extended their lockdown until Sept 2nd and looks like a night curfew coming in. Then the Northern Territory, including Darwin have just gone into lockdown because of a single Covid case. Canberra have extended their lockdown another fortnight.
I usually travel alone and I'm fine with dining outdoors, or getting takeout and eating in a park or whatever, so for me it's no riskier than being at home.
No. We've never been ready to travel on any type of mass transit - bus, train, plane, etc. - or stay in a hotel where air is recirculated. There are a lot of trips we'd love to take overseas, but even after vaccination, there was just too much uncertainty to feel comfortable doing that.
We were thinking of traveling domestically via car after Labor Day when school is back in session (as we always have) but have decided to sit tight for now and see where this is all going. Even if we rented a house or condo somewhere, we've pulled back a bit and aren't eating out at restaurants again - and that's a big part of the fun of travel/vacation for us. Fortunately, we live in a beach resort area with a lot of state parks, so it's not a hardship to stay home. So like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, I tell myself "there's no place like home, there's no place like home".
We never stopped traveling since this all started and are continuing with 4 trips planned for the next 8 months
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. We have the technology and resources to mitigate Covid fear / disruption. Just Do It.
