Coronavirus Safety - the road ahead

[J&JD]

My last 3 stops have included limited contact checking in and I was escorted to my site in all 3. And though it wasn't the full monty, it was better than the no contact check-in. In one park, they were taking great care to not park rigs next to each other.

When I was in Bullhead City, I was impressed by Discount Tires. Every employee had a mask. They washed their hands in between customers. They had you drop your keys in a plastic baggy and they wrapped the baggy around key so they wouldn't touch it. They had sanitizer at every counter. In fact, the service advisor that was helping me said he was offered $20 for ½ used bottle of sanitizer. Crazy times.

Meanwhile, I have made it to Montana and it is beautiful. Hunkering down for the next month on the Yellowstone River. Day 1 of Quarantine...13 more to go.

What park are you in if I may ask?

 

[boomer]

Nice pic @boomer I've stayed there several times usually in the winter though to/from Florida.

This was our 2nd winter (Oct 1 - April 1) however, due to Corona Virus decided to stay till end of May. We have the same site reserved for 2020-2021 winter, if your in the neighborhood come say high ..... from at least 6' away, with a mask

 

[RKins]

A bright spot just materialized in that my oldest daughter wants me to help them build a 3 tier 5gal bucket garden. I calc'd it out at about $85 per (my wife wants one too) . The big plus is I get to build the first with my teenage Grand daughter - will be so nice, even with SD applied and masks. She is going to do all the work but I get to instruct and spend time with her. Can't wait.

 

[Gizmo]

Our state is dropping the stay at home order and will allow restaurants to reopen at 50% occupants level and 6-foot distancing. The mall going up and stress 6-foot distance will be recommended. So being in the high-risk category do proceed with caution and not visit those establishments but still do “stay at home”. That maybe the prudent coarse but that leaves that business with fewer customers and income. Can those businesses survive with the current pricing structure and reduced occupancy? The need for employees will have to be base on the reduced occupancy. It’s going to be hard for small businesses to make a living under these restrictions if they last very long.

Best Buy's new policy in our town is they will only allow three customers in the store and by appointment only. A lot of my purchases at Best Buy have been things I didn’t know I needed or want but after seeing them on the shelf I can not live without them.

We still have plans to go back to the mothership (Newmar) and get some upgrades leaving May 17th. Our plans are not stay at camp grounds and limit our contact during the travel.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

My take on the re-opening of retail establishments is that business will be pretty slow for a while. Relaxing stay-at-home orders will not immediately restore the confidence of many people and they will simply not be rushing out to shop. I will be in that group!

We are seeing something of a resurgence of cases in our area too. Last week, we were at 1-2 reported cases a day but since Friday, we've seen 3-5 new cases each day. Not sure whether this is the result of increased infections or increased testing, but it is a trend we didn't want to see.

There has also been a decline in compliance with the stay-at-home order and that may also have something to do with it. A nearby tribal jurisdiction reported eight new cases yesterday, all the result of a large family gathering. All of the infected individuals were in the 30- to 40-year-old age range. Apparently, they didn't believe there was a risk in large gatherings; now, they are paying the price.

TJ

 

[ARD]

What park are you in if I may ask?

I'm at Yellowstone's Edge in Livingston.

 

[J&JD]

I'm at Yellowstone's Edge in Livingston.View attachment 1893

Beautiful, thanks for sharing. Wish we were there.

 

[RKins]

Wow, beautiful view. And nice site.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Lots of good memories of Livingston from the time, many moons ago, when I was a wildlands firefighter in Yellowstone NP. When we would come off a fire, we'd clean up and all head into Livingston for a good steak dinner and a beer or two. Fire camp food was filling, but that's about as far as it went.

Good memories, indeed.

TJ