Even the counties in the "tri-state" are a bit ridiculous. I live in Somerset County in NJ and we've only had 5k cases total since March, but we're in the part of the "no go zone"despite making up less than 2% of all cases in NJ.
Well, when I look at the 3 counties in CT, I live in one, own a house in another, and work in the third. So, yeah, it's pretty much got me covered anyway I look at it! Still, our positivity rate is under 1%, and is one of the few states that saw a decline from last week.
I've been researching alternate trips in the NE region for a while now and we were looking at Lake Placid and the Adirondack region in NY and the Poconos in PA (we ended up booking in the Poconos since it's a little closer to us). We have friends who are going to ME and some family members going to Vermont. I've, personally, appreciated the way the NE states have handled the travel restrictions. VT, in particular, went to a county rate of infection weeks ago and updated their data every week to determine who could come in without quarantining (people from counties whose rate of infection was the same or lower than VT's). It was a real-time, realistic way of trying to keep their community spread down with tourists coming in while still welcoming some out-of-state tourism. It just seemed to make sense as it was based on actual data. I'm not getting why FL still doesn't want us there but people in current hotspots can come in. Maybe they just don't want a huge influx of tourists right now?
Thanks! I floated a local-ish vacation to DH yesterday, and he's not interested. I figured we could go to VT or ME, rent an AirBNB, bring the bikes and the dog, etc. He just doesn't see other NE spots as significantly different from where we are to constitute a "real" vacation. To his point we're in a fairly rural area of CT, and we have been taking hikes, walks, and bike rides for months now. Actually, it's about the only form of amusement we've had, as CT did not close parks during the stay at home orders, so we've been exploring various parks, preserves, and land trusts since March. DH wants someplace that "looks" different from home.
Now we're considering Seattle/Olympic National Park or Hawaii for August. We had our honeymoon in the pacific northwest, and I've been wanting to get back someday with the kids, and flights out are super cheap at the moment. Can't cross the boarder to Vancouver or Vancouver Island, but there's so much in the Olympic peninsula. Hawaii is also high on my list of places to go, and tourism is opening back up, but it's a long trip out with kids, and we'd have to fly through Phoenix, Dallas, or LA, which are all hotspots, and I'm not sure if that would subject us to quarantine on our arrival home.
I think I'm just going to call it now for Orlando in August, and start looking at places with no quarantine going or coming. I still have my Disney trip booked for November, and I'll cross my fingers that everything looks better by then. Luckily, I was able to book just before Disney stopped accepting 2020 reservations, so I'm going to back away from obsessing over the summer, and try to be thankful for what I have. Well, I'm going to try anyway - a Disney addiction is a hard thing to break!
So let’s wait and see!! She said they have gotten lots of calls.
