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Badlands National Park- RV Travel During COVID

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During the Summer of COVID (2020) we were able to take our newly purchased Airstream Bambi on a two week road trip with my parents and their travel trailer. It was a wonderful way to travel is a socially distanced manner. We are very risk averse, and the majority of this trip felt extremely safe. The Badlands in particular were not very crowded and we were easily able to avoid people on the few hikes/meanders we did during our time there. Cedar Pass Campground Travel Style: Our preference is to "boondock" or go without (electrical or water) hook-ups whenever possible. We are backpackers at heart who have become RVers during the time of COVID so we have safe bathrooms and places to keep large stockpiles of food to minimize grocery trips. We have learned that we can go ~5 days without power, water or dump stations with power (head lamps only) and water (shower once a week and even then with water on only as needed) conservation approaches. We also have solar panels so we can ju