Not Flying This Summer? Many Americans Are Hitting The Road — In RVs

"Amy Holditch isn't the kind of woman to let fear dictate her life."

"'No, she's not,' says her mom, 73-year-old Sandra Gillis. 'She pretty much gets her mind on something, then it's probably going to happen.'"

"So when the coronavirus cancelled her family trip to Hawaii, she didn't postpone the trip with her mom and 12-year-old son for another year."

"I just kind of jumped off the cliff and did it."

"She found a recreational vehicle, or RV, to rent even though she had never driven anything larger than an SUV — not even a van or U-Haul. And she set about mapping a route from Madison, Ala. to Cape Cod, Mass."

"The summer vacation, an annual rite for so many, is not an easy thing to give up, even during a pandemic."

"Families long-accustomed to getting out of their houses each summer yearn to get away, but not if it means being exposed to the coronavirus in an airplane, restaurant, or even the elevator in a hotel. Cruises are definitely out, but cruising the highway in what is essentially a land boat?"