East Coast Road Trip????? Pandemic?

Just go. What’s the worst case? There’s something you’re not comfortable with or whatever, and you turn around and head home. You have a house on the back of your truck. You can go anywhere.

It’s these types of questions that make a person realize how so many people can be influenced by what they hear or “think” when reality is we are all free to go wherever the ____ we want to.

And rather than poll the geezernet crowd, why not just call a few places down south and ask, real world, “Hi. Are you open for camping?” It’s that easy.

Crowe wrote:
Please no "it can't be enforced" discussion but many states are still precluding travelers from other states or requiring COVID tests/quarantine. I would do a quick check on approximately where you want to stay and make sure the campground is accepting out-of-state travelers.

I think you are mistaken when you say "many states are still precluding travelers from other states or requiring COVID tests/quarantine".

There are none that I know of, at least in the south east, and we have people arriving here in our RV park from all over the country every day

Guy

mr_andyj wrote:
The SE is not locked down and imprision'ed.
Walmart is a big corp and given free reign to be open with 1,000's roaming the isles and touching everything, while smaller business with much less traffic and better sanitation are often closed.
I have not heard of any walmart not allowing overnight parking due to a virus.
SE resturants are open, but they just sit at every other table.
People wear mask a lot but otherwise life goes on normally.
Be advised that some national forest "primitive camping" or "roadside camping" is not allowed and somehow this is to help prevent someone catching a virus. You can shop walmart, touch things in a store, but can't go out in the middle of nowhere and isolate yourself from the general population and camp for days. dim logic does not make sense but that is who we are now

Walmart may be "big" and "open", they are not immune or "exempt" to EACH of the local states and local city requirements during this time.

Each State/city has their own rules that Walmart and any other business that must abide by in order to stay open.

Walmart gets singled out because they are a large presence, they have vital things like groceries and pharmacy which means they are vital and should stay open..

Keeping in mind, most Walmarts now days are no longer open to the public 24/7 like they used to be.. My local WM CLOSES to the public at 8 PM and opens back up at 8AM to the public.. During the closed hrs they are deep cleaning and restocking shelves..

If one is planning to overnight at a WM, as always it is a good idea to call ahead and ask the manager if it OK to do so.. Some cities may have rules that do not allow "overnighting" which will override WMs overnighting policies. Overnighting at WM is also subject to the LOCAL STORE MANAGER, a few bad apples can ruin it for everyone.

As far as restaurants being open, that is subject to DAILY change, PA shut down ALL restaurants from offering indoor Dining Mid Dec 2020 to Jan3 2021 due to possible major spreading from holiday celebrations.. Only restaurants that offered "takeout" or drive up "to go" services were allowed to be open.

If you are going to travel, you simply need to stay aware of EACH states current requirements you are planning to stay at.. You just can't say the Northeast, Southeast does this or that.. Each state has their own rules which tend to be a bit different from other states.

If your planning on taking this trip now during the east coast off season. I imagine your safe to do so without reservations. if your planning to leave in the spring or during the summer. Reservations would be best.

mr_andyj wrote:
The SE is not locked down and imprision'ed.
Walmart is a big corp and given free reign to be open with 1,000's roaming the isles and touching everything, while smaller business with much less traffic and better sanitation are often closed.
I have not heard of any walmart not allowing overnight parking due to a virus.
SE resturants are open, but they just sit at every other table.
People wear mask a lot but otherwise life goes on normally.
Be advised that some national forest "primitive camping" or "roadside camping" is not allowed and somehow this is to help prevent someone catching a virus. You can shop walmart, touch things in a store, but can't go out in the middle of nowhere and isolate yourself from the general population and camp for days. dim logic does not make sense but that is who we are now

Not sure about your area but here in where I live they shutdown the FS camping for awhile because of staff shortages. It's all open now but then again it's winter so most all FS CG's are closed anyways.
I don't think Covid it's self played a part in the decision.
It did with our state parks because early on campers were heading into local towns grabbing TP and stuff. All thats passed now and most everything's back to normal camping wise.

Guy Roan wrote:

Crowe wrote:
Please no "it can't be enforced" discussion but many states are still precluding travelers from other states or requiring COVID tests/quarantine. I would do a quick check on approximately where you want to stay and make sure the campground is accepting out-of-state travelers.

I think you are mistaken when you say "many states are still precluding travelers from other states or requiring COVID tests/quarantine".

There are none that I know of, at least in the south east, and we have people arriving here in our RV park from all over the country every day

Guy

Current list: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/travel/state-travel-restrictions.html

PA, NJ BOTH have travel bans "listed".. either a negative test, or self quarantine for 10 days .. I believe DE does not, and THINK MD does...

There is no way to enforce this

Go for it

Crowe wrote:

Guy Roan wrote:

Crowe wrote:
Please no "it can't be enforced" discussion but many states are still precluding travelers from other states or requiring COVID tests/quarantine. I would do a quick check on approximately where you want to stay and make sure the campground is accepting out-of-state travelers.

I think you are mistaken when you say "many states are still precluding travelers from other states or requiring COVID tests/quarantine".

There are none that I know of, at least in the south east, and we have people arriving here in our RV park from all over the country every day

Guy

Current list: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/travel/state-

travel-restrictions.html

So you want me to read something that I have to log in ?
I don't think so!
If you want me to read something, copy it and post it here.
We just had several people from NY pull in here today and they overnighted along the way

Guy

Guy

So you want me to read something that I have to log in ?
I don't think so!
If you want me to read something, copy it and post it here.
We just had several people from NY pull in here today and they overnighted along the way

Guy

No need to be hostile. I didn't have to log in to read it and I don't have an account with the NYT. Article is too long to reprint. Suffice it to say if someone is planning out of state travel to make sure they can abide by the rules if there are any. Not a big deal.