The Strange Road Home

We arrived at home on March 23rd after an overnight stay in a Walmart parking lot in Moncton, and several like it, in the days prior to that.

We hadn't left the RV for more than a few minutes since the last park in Mississippi. In the final 5 days of the trip home, I only left the coach to re-fuel, wearing disposable gloves and paying at the pump. We had plenty of food in the fridge/freezer for the journey. My greatest fear was the that the Unit might break down, and that would have been catastrophic. But it didn't. We rode it hard all the way and it never complained.

I talked to couple from Belleville, ON last week, at a campground in Louisiana.
They were on their way to Texas, having left Canada 10 days earlier. I was dumbfounded.
I asked them if they weren't worried about the impending disaster. He felt that the whole thing was blown out of proportion and all would be fine in a few weeks. My parting words to him were "when it hits the fan, remember someone telling you that you are making a huge mistake". Texas parks closed a few days later.

Some observations over the past week.

Most Americans are not taking COVID-19 seriously. That is why they will eclipse China's infection numbers within a few days although the US only has a fraction of China's population. Furthermore, at the current rate they will have over 1 million cases by April 3rd. I've done the math.

Driving the interstates became more eerie every day. Traffic lessening daily, many rest stops and welcome centers closed, RV parks closed by order. 

The Jonesville KOA was ordered closed by the Governor of PA. We stayed there on their last night open. Washrooms and showers were closed though. Check-in was outside, we were handed a check-in sheet and escorted to our site. They understood and they were well prepared. Well done KOA.

The Canadian border crossing was rather interesting. At St. Steven NB, we were the only ones there. The guy was infinitely more interested in trying to browbeat us into admitting we were bringing in more than our alcohol  allowance. We stuck to our story. I was pretty sure he really didn't want to come in and search. He didn't. 
His last words before he waved us through were, "any symptoms?" and "here's a brochure from the Government".

The Nova Scotia border closure was set up at a weigh scale just before Amherst. There were only a few cars there and we were the only RV.
We were through it in a few minutes.


So there it is. A dream vacation cut short but the outcome mostly good, so far.

I worry about what is coming down the pipe. Food supplies will become scarce if Canada closes the border completely, and this is inevitable if the US infection rate continues on its current path.

Keep safe. 
I hope we can have you all along for another adventure in the future.

I will try to post some pictures in the next few days.