As mentioned previously, Shea and I are looking forward to camping this summer as much as possible. Thinking about the Covid world we live in, there are a few reasons why we’re happy this is our hobby!
- If our summer plans included a trip to BC or Alberta or other out-of-province destinations, we’d have all kinds of worries about higher Covid case volumes in most destinations to attractions and other places we wanted to visit being closed to possibly having to quarantine when we return. We have none of those worries going to what is basically a self-contained camp site an hour outside Regina.
- Camping makes it really easy to socially distance. We’ve said multiple times how we’re physically closer to our next-door neighbours’ houses in Regina than we are at our campsite. We can still visit with people but just make a point of not getting too close (though I chuckled when I introduced myself to one of our new neighbours and she came right over and shook my hand. What are you going to do?)
- Not all services are available at our regional park but we can compensate for everything that’s not available – we can use the bathroom and shower in our camper instead of the communal facilities, we can play games and do activities in our site instead of at the playground or craft shack, we can order takeout from the restaurant instead of dining in.
- Your Covid mask can come in handy for other purposes – whether you’re emptying your sewer tank or spray painting a beer fridge (both things I did this weekend!)
- And god forbid that I did still manage to be exposed to Covid-19 while camping, depending how bad it is, it still might be a toss-up if that’s the worst health-related emergency I had while camping! 🙂
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