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[quote=Anonymous]We're thinking of visiting my parents in the rural Midwest for a couple of weeks. Our kids would be able to be somewhere other than our house for a change, see their grandparents, and play in nature.

I really don't want to put my parents at risk, so we would quarantine for 2 weeks before leaving. The drive is supposed to be about 18 hours (not including stops, etc), so it's a long way. We would bring our own food to reduce contact along the way, and I think it would be fine to gas up with the self-service pay pumps and sanitizer afterwards. But I'm not entirely certain how to best handle bathrooms and staying overnight. We toyed with the idea of camping, although we aren't generally people who do a lot of camping. We could bring our own portable toilet to use along the way and dump out at our destination, but that seems super weird and possibly not even feasible.

The quarantine would also mean 2 weeks without friends, plus two weeks with all adults (my parents, plus us). We have barely seen anyone outside our family since early March, and we just recently let our older kid meet up with a friend outdoors with a mask. We've been super cautious, but I also saw how important it was for him to have this friend contact. I'm sad we would have to cut that out for another month if we do this.

Is it worth it? Am I overthinking the driving part?[/quote]

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