Montana is inundated with out of state visitors right now.

[MontanaMama]

I drive 20 miles round trip every day on the interstate to take my teenage son to baseball practice. The highway is loaded with out of staters every single day. Today my husband drove the kiddo up to Kalispell for a ball tournament and they report that they didn’t see but a handful of MT plates in that two hour drive. There were endless SUVs pulling RVs and giant motor homes from GA, FL, CA and WA...all over. Last weekend, we drove 4 hours over to Lewistown and saw the same thing on our highways...tons of vehicles from other places. We take our camper and all our own food...we don’t eat out....no motels. I’m frustrated. We had really low Covid numbers for so long. We were doing okay. Seems the word is out and folks are coming to MT in droves. The virus will come with them.

[we can do it]

1. 😕We just cancelled our trip to Glacier NP.

I hope you all stay safe.

[MontanaMama]

4. Please come when it is safe.

I love Montana and want to share it when things are better.

[we can do it]

6. Definitely!

The most beautiful hikes I’ve ever done. Can’t wait to come back.

[blm]

2. Sorry MontMa

[soothsayer]

3. Ugh. I hope not!

[jimfields33]

5. Try living in Florida. Out of state tags everywhere.

[MontanaMama]

7. No thank you.

I’m sorry that’s happening there too. We had way under 500 cases in the whole state when phase 1 reopening began. It’s a runaway train now.

[jimfields33]

9. Sorry to hear that. I hope it's just 4th of July vacationers for Montana

The whole situation sucks.

[we can do it]

39. Same here in Rehoboth Beach DE

[VMA131Marine]

8. Now you know how the Incas and Mayans felt ...

[OneBro]

10. A ball tournament?

How?

[MontanaMama]

11. Local teams only.

And only in communities with phase 2 openings. These are usually big regional tournaments with kids from all over the NW and Canada but they’ve been scaled way back to just MT kids. No concessions. Dugouts bleached between games. No fans in the stands. 6’ distancing between family groups in the grass and mandatory masks. While it’s not the same as what we’re used to, it’s been okay...the kids had an opportunity to play a little bit. This is the last tourney for the year and it’s just in time since the tourists are here.

[CanonRay]

12. I noticed the traffic on the Oregon coast is extremely high. Most cars I've seen since last summer.

We're getting overrun and our numbers were already going in the toilet.

[MontanaMama]

14. Damn.

Yachats is my go to after the kiddo is done playing baseball for the summer. Not this year though.

[CanonRay]

24. No cases there that I've heard of

We have two so far down the road in Florence

[Chainfire]

13. Us folks from Florida

are just trying to spread a little Covid joy up there in cowboy land.

[MontanaMama]

15. You can keep that FL Covid down there

thank you very much.

[Bev54]

16. Perhaps they are the same ones coming across the border into Canada

by saying they are going through to Alaska but instead are touristing. The RCMP have fined 1200 Americans in Banff (hint) not enroute to Alaska and my friends and family are seeing many on Vancouver Island, certainly not the route to Alaska. Canadian citizens are now reporting them to border services and RCMP.

[MontanaMama]

17. Good! They should keep Americans out.

I honestly didn’t think anybody would be allowed to cross the border.

[Bev54]

18. They are allowing them to travel through to Alaska but we

need to put trackers on them. It is really pissing people off, we have worked hard to keep our covid in check. I know of at least one that has been diagnosed, not sure if any others.

[MontanaMama]

19. That's how we feel in MT.

We had really good numbers until now. Nobody has to come up here and nobody really needs to drive to Alaska. Stay the hell home.

[GemDigger]

20. I saw TX, CO, GA, FL and a shitton from CA in Albertsons parking lot

NO ONE was wearing masks inside.

[MontanaMama]

22. Wow. Really?

WTF is wrong with people?

Don’t answer that.

[Delmette2.0]

35. I Don't go out much.

I did see a Texas plate two days ago.

[Nay]

21. We have relatives in Montana and we were supposed to take a trip this month to Great Falls

and Billings, but no deal. We canceled.

[MontanaMama]

23. I'm sorry.

I hope you can come up when this blows over.

[Nay]

37. Thank you -- it was going to be a nice car trip, nipping up into Canada for the drive across

the country, then dipping down into Montana, Yellowstone, etc. We've had it planned for a couple of years.

I wish I knew when this stupid virus was going to be beaten! Mr Nay and I are getting old and won't have much time left to do this trip.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

25. We all heard there was no mask-wearing tyranny there.

So we're all coming for the open skies and the freedumb!



I hope it doesn't spread there!

[MontanaMama]

27. You're a funny one...

[Buckeye_Democrat]

29. Back at ya!

[2naSalit]

28. Exactly.

Though many ocals and others are wearing masks, not nearly enough though.

[2naSalit]

26. Damn straight...

They showed up three weeks ago down here and they have only grown in number. I see live performances have started up in a few places. the restaurants have been open for weeks and the vacation lodges, a few B&B types are open. I know a couple big ones that are not open for the entire season. But there's no place left to camp down this valley either.

[MontanaMama]

30. So my kiddo's first game in Kalispell just ended.

He called me and said there are some people in motor homes with out of state plates from FL, SC and IN pulled up behind the fields watching the games. They were asked if they had players in the game and could they please move the RV’s and they said that no, they didn’t have any friends or family playing, they just wanted to watch some baseball. We’re doomed.

[2naSalit]

31. Which is why I have come to the

sad conclusion that I will be staying home at this time next year.

[msongs]

32. interstate highway. that explains it nt

[luv2fly]

33. This only points out the need for a national strategy

Which of course we don't have since the orange anus has the big chair.

[MontanaMama]

34. 100% right.

Belated welcome to DU!

[Ford_Prefect]

36. The ones who don't mask up are who scares me most. Buying gas or groceries you see it.

I'm scared the out of state gang will bring and spread it here. But I am as worried about the "don't tell me how to live" Montanans who won't do the right thing at all.

Most stores seem to have got the message. Whether I'm in Missoula or Stevi or Corvallis the difference seems to be whether you think and where you get your news.

[MontanaMama]

38. My mother in law lives in Stevi...

in a small gated community. She says the folks who live in the townhomes seem to be playing by the rules but at the grocery store or in town? Nope. No masks to speak of. The Bitteroot only gets more red as you travel south. I try to only shop at the Good Food Store and Costco where masks are mandatory. Once in a while, I have to go to Albertsons (or as my kiddo calls it “meth-Albertsons”) and mask wearing there is a crap shoot.