Travelling in the Time of Covid

Slow Budget Travel

By Patrick Robertson

The travel restriction for non-essential travel to the USA was lifted on February 28. We heard the announcement on February 12 and by February18 we were on our first international trip since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

We had decided that we would be comfortable with a driving trip for our first cross-border sojourn outside of our bubble. We felt safe from Covid in our own car. We knew hotels had developed effective Covid prevention protocol and we were booking hotel rooms with kitchens to do our own cooking and meal preparation so that we were not exposing ourselves in dozens of crowded restaurants. We had covered all the bases to reduce our risk of becoming infected and felt safe to go on our month-long driving trip.

The drive through the US began at Coutts, Alberta and terminated at San Diego going through Salt Lake City and…