CBS News: The Rise Of RVs

This summer, some families are trying to have it both ways. They're heading out … and staying home, exploring public spaces while avoiding public bathrooms.

"Well, you take your home with you!" said RV enthusiast Chris Chambers.

One way of dealing with COVID-19 is to buy a recreational vehicle – an RV.

"It's nice knowing that we can control the environment that we're living in and not have to worry if something was sanitized or not," said Mike Marlowe.

With COVID, noted Shawn Taylor, "It's bringing a lot of people outdoors."

Outdoors, but not entirely.  "We don't really camp; we're not campers," said Bill Morace outside his RV.

Sales of midrange motorhomes were up 90% in June, compared to last year, reports Kelefa Sanneh of The New Yorker magazine.

Gary Threlfall has owned Garick RV, in New Jersey, for 36 years. Lately, he's seeing more first-time buyers, he says, because of the pandemic: "Just the fact that there's so many people coming, calling, emailing. It's kind of their only choice, because an RV is a socially-distanced vehicle, a socially-distanced vacation, and a way to corral or keep your family together."

Check out the full article from CBS News here.

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