Covid-19 and RVing
Has COVID-19 changed your RVing plans?
Most people have made changes to their RVing plans because of COVID-19. A lot of people have not traveled at all during the last seven months.
RVing is not necessarily more risky than living in a house or apartment when it comes to avoiding COVID-19, but it does take more planning than it did during normal times.
Campgrounds have to follow local regulations
Some campgrounds are still not open, and many of the ones that are open have limited occupancy rules they have to go by.
One campground I stayed at could only have 50% of their sites occupied per county rules. They rented out all of their RV sites and didn't rent out their lower-priced tent sites. That met the letter of the law. I'm not sure that got the results the county officials were hoping for.
One campground could only rent campsites for a month at a time. The authorities didn't want tourists coming in for a night or two and moving on. There was no weekend camping allowed.
A lot of state, federal, and county campgrounds were closed, and some still are. Access to a lot of boondocking areas was closed too.
In other words, RVers can't just hit the road and find a place to stay when they get tired. They generally have to plan ahead. Sometimes it takes several phone calls to nail down a campsite. So much for the freedom to wing it.
The good news
At my campsite in the picture above, instead of being six feet away from other people, I'm probably way more than 60 feet from the nearest RV.
The good part of the situation is that there are plenty of campsites available where you can park your RV and be away from civilization, and you can be safer than you would be living in a sticks and bricks house or apartment.
These campsites are a little harder to find, but they're out there. When you're out away from the world and the chaos, you are as safe as can be in this messed up world.
Bottom line: When you're living the RVing lifestyle, you have to make plans and be prepared to make different plans as situations change. For sure, you can't get bent out of shape when things don't work out the way you had planned. After all, if there were no unknowns, there would be no adventure. At least, you can tell yourself that.