Before the Covid shut downs, before the vaccines, before the politics, we bought an RV.
We spent almost a year with a 3ft. x 5ft map attached to our dining room wall where we circled dream destinations and worked on route planning. Then like the Mike Tyson / Evander Holyfield Heavyweight Championship of 1997, 2020 Covid bit the ear off the world and spit it out!
In early 2020, our map of dreams looked like we were Covid chasers and instead of working our way to the east coast, we sat home (in CA) like everyone else waiting for signs that parks and campgrounds were re-opening.
When we were able to finally venture out, in mid-June, we peeked out…just like the rest of the world. Touring the western states allowed us to put our toes in the water as we had friends and family in every state we visited. We knew we could “moochdock” in their driveways as a backup plan if Covid shut things down again.
Well…it’s now 2022 and Covid looks like it’s here to stay. We, along with the rest of the world, are learning how to tolerate its existence. We’re circling back to what we thought we might do in 2020.
Below is our loose plan through May, with a few key spots and dates noted.
To get here required lots of discussion, multi-colored sticky notes filled with average high and low temperatures in each area, and plenty of research. We’re intentionally south for the winter as our RV is built for 3 seasons (one of which is not winter). The same goes for this girl!
We’re heading north as soon as the weather will allow so we can enjoy a bucket-list item (Washington DC) with my mom.
We know that spectacular fall colors are on our must-do list (can’t take credit for the photo at the top of this post which was taken by Photo by Dave Hoefler and found on Unsplash – just hoping in 2022 I can get a similarly amazing shot!)
The Florida Keys make sense for 2022 holidays but we’ve assumed that with the higher density of people and limited boondocking possibilities (see Bureau of Land Management Map below) in the east, more than usual planning is required to figure out the later half of 2022.
We will keep you posted!
