Has anyone here taken the plunge and gone completely work from travel in the pandemic? Thinking about not resigning my lease in DC and going for it this summer

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I wanted to do a cross country road trip and hike all the national parks while working remotely but none of my friends were interested

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Drive at night/weekends, stop during the day in cities with decent cell service

I’m doing this for the summer! Cross country road trip

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I have friends doing this!

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