How To Camp Safely And Responsibly In The Summer Of COVID

There’s a lot to be learned about how we’re spending our time these days by looking at the sales revenue of an outdoor store like Sports Basement. General manager Tom Purcell says that no one is coming in to buy team sports equipment anymore. Day hiking equipment sales are doing well, though. Bicycling sales are through the roof. “Bikes are the new toilet paper,” he tells me. And recently, “Camping is really starting to take off.” He expects that to continue as shelter in place restrictions are lifted. He sees camping as a pretty good activity to do in the time of social distancing. “When people are in their own little unit and they're cooking for themselves and with their family and friends in a campsite, they probably feel pretty safe.”