Moosehead Region Sees Staycationers Over Memorial Day Weekend But Little Out-of-state Traffic

Click here for the latest coronavirus news, which the BDN has made free for the public. You can support our critical reporting on the coronavirus by purchasing a digital subscription or donating directly to the newsroom. The only thing remotely close to a Memorial Day parade in Piscataquis County was a steady stream of pickup trucks hauling campers or four-wheelers south through Abbot along routes 6 and 15 on Monday afternoon. The procession, headed back home after spending a holiday weekend in the Moosehead Lake region, seemed extremely large — particularly in contrast to an otherwise quiet spring on Maine roads prompted by coronavirus pandemic fears, stay-healthy-at-home orders and quarantines. [Our COVID-19 tracker contains the most recent information on Maine cases by county] “People were here camping and fishing,” said Craig Watt, vice president of the Indian Hill Trading Post in Greenville.