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[RVwife]

Wondering what you folks are thinking or experiencing in regards to the upcoming RV travel season.

Our planned trip for spring 2020 obviously got deep sixed as the world shut down. We had everything except the actual campground reservations all lined up. We were going to be coming from northern Michigan, through the national parks in Ohio (Dayton Aviation, Hopewell Culture, First Ladies, and a few others in between), to Cape Lookout & Cape Hatteras, Guildford Courthouse NPs in N Carolina, then return through Virginia and several founding fathers homes such a Monticello, etc.

We've considered trying it this spring, but many of the sites remain closed or only with limited viewing/programs.

I'm a bit concerned about how safe it would be, even if we had just the limited version.

We did take a fall trip to Ft. Donalson, Land Between the Lakes, Arkansas NPs - Little Rock Desegregation and Hot Springs - and the southern Ozarks. It was a lot of fun and we felt surprisingly safe because there were very few people around at any of the places we did visit. It was off season though (late Oct-Nov) too.

Now that DH has retied and we think about a spring trip, we are actually a lot more nervous than we were this fall.

Even with the hope of a vaccine (we'd love to have had the shots in the arm by then, but judging by the long wait or even a chance to get on the list around here, it's looking rather unlikely). As we keep reading about the more virulent strain and how many people have tired and are rebelling against all the safety measures, we're seriously thinking of just staying home.

What are those of you who are travelling, especially south and east, actually experiencing on the ground? Are there relatively few fellow travelers/tourists or is it rather crowded? Our main interests are national parks, historic sites, and natural areas. Are the very large majority of people taking serious precautions or are they ho hum?

Also asking ourselves, are we being irresponsible in traveling? We take serious precautions/follow all the recommendation (except maybe in this case, staying home and not doing "non-essential" activities).

We would gratefully welcome your experiences and thoughts/concerns.