Time for Camping?

But, that being said, we need to pay special attention to not putting the park employees at risk, either through the failure to use masks and keep a safe distance during interactions, or in not cleaning up after ourselves.  Garbage, water and toilet facilities are likely the most difficult to protect from the spread of the virus and should be opened very cautiously.  This is gross, but remember, when you smell the stinky vault toilet, the reason for the odor is that aerosolized molecular bits of fecal matter are landing on your olfactory nerves.  The virus is even smaller and can be aerosolized far more easily.

We have reservations at the Merrill Campground north of Susanville, CA.  I am hopeful that Lassen County will withdraw its stay away request to the public and that the campground will be open on a limited basis for fully self contained RV's.  If it is and we can safely camp without being unreasonably endangered or endangering others, we will probably go.

For the time being, widely disbursed camping in fully self contained RV's seems to be a reasonable step in very cautious reopening.