berchman wrote:
I'm 82 and my wife is 70. We have been in the habit of taking one trip abroad each year, occasionally, two trips. There is no lack of things to do with seven planting beds to keep weeded and watered, two acres to mow, and a lifetime of papers to scan and shred or file, but not being able to experience something different for the forseeable future by traveling safely is a real bummer. Also, I rarely get energized to take photos unless I'm in a foreign place (NYC counts as a foreign place). I thought of a long domestic driving trip, but I don't want to catch this virus. Contrary to Blair Shaw Jr.'s dismissal of death, I don't feel ready to die nor do I want to experience damaged organs from a "mild" infection.
Indi sprays the sheets in a hotel with sanitizer. I don't want to sleep on sprayed sheets; that just strikes me as ridiculous. A high quality RV with a toilet and shower is very expensive, both to buy and to rent. I don't feel capable of driving the equivalent of a small bus. Also, if one is not mechanically talented it's a mistake to get an RV because sh*t happens and the AAA is not going to help. I'm thinking that the yet to be produced Tesla Cybertruck equipped with the Go Anywhere Toilet might be the answer to touring the U.S. The prototype has an enclosed bed that can be heated or air conditioned with the truck's battery running its heat pump. So, sleep in the truck, crap and pee in the truck, cook your food on a camping stove or even a microwave plugged into the truck's 110 V outlet and keep clean with baby wipes.
Using public restrooms is dangerous. A closed atmosphere, toilets with no covers flushing and sending up virus particles, hot air hand dryers spreading germs. If you can find a motel or hotel that guarantees that no one has entered the room in the last 72 hours, good luck to you.
I'm 82 and my wife is 70. We have been in the habi... (
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I just wanted to kill myself after reading your comments.