There is a large park right by my apartment. It's a well used and beloved park in the neighborhood and I usually take my dog on walks out there. The problem is, now that people aren't going to...
There is a large park right by my apartment. It's a well used and beloved park in the neighborhood and I usually take my dog on walks out there. The problem is, now that people aren't going to gyms or brunch, they're ALL socializing in the park. It's chock a block full of picnics and people playing frisbee and stuff.
I don't think people realize that when everyone is having their gatherings of <10 people in the same place, it ends up being a gathering of 1,000 people. . .
Thankfully there aren't really many touch-points in the park (door knobs and the like that germs can spread on). But it does annoy me that I have to be out there to walk my dog and everyone else just doesn't seem to care about the distancing guidelines. It's especially hard when everyone is trying to pet your puppy without checking with you first.
I could try it. I've actually started to take my dog on runs, so the fact that I'd be jogging would kind of undermine the "I'm sick, please stay away message." But at least people can't try to...
I could try it. I've actually started to take my dog on runs, so the fact that I'd be jogging would kind of undermine the "I'm sick, please stay away message." But at least people can't try to catch his attention while he's running since he tends to ignore things when he has a "job" to do.
All entrance fees to national parks across the country will be suspended until further notice, the Department of the Interior announced today, March 19. While many parks have shut down visitor centers and other spaces according to public-health guidelines, most outdoor areas remain open, the agency notes.
"This small step makes it a little easier for the American public to enjoy the outdoors in our incredible National Parks," Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says in a statement announcing the waiving of fees. "Our vast public lands that are overseen by the Department offer special outdoor experiences to recreate, embrace nature and implement some social distancing."
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For its part, Rocky Mountain National Park — much of which is already a wintry wasteland at this time of year — has shut down its visitor centers and campgrounds until further notice, following guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a statement released earlier this week, park officials didn't sound exactly enthusiastic about a bunch of stir-crazy Denver refugees flocking to RMNP in the coming weeks to escape their homebound isolation.
"Now is not the time to engage in extreme winter mountaineering activities or to travel solo into the park’s wilderness," its statement reads. "'Spring' in the Colorado Rockies is 'winter' elsewhere."
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Even as businesses in hospitality and other sectors reel from a statewide shutdown of most gathering spaces, officials with the Estes Park Chamber of Commerce told the Associated Press that the community — which does not yet have a confirmed case of COVID-19 — is "not encouraging visitation" right now. On its website, Visit Estes Park says it is "encouraging residents and visitors alike to take precautions to prevent transmission of COVID-19."
There is a large park right by my apartment. It's a well used and beloved park in the neighborhood and I usually take my dog on walks out there. The problem is, now that people aren't going to gyms or brunch, they're ALL socializing in the park. It's chock a block full of picnics and people playing frisbee and stuff.
I don't think people realize that when everyone is having their gatherings of <10 people in the same place, it ends up being a gathering of 1,000 people. . .
Thankfully there aren't really many touch-points in the park (door knobs and the like that germs can spread on). But it does annoy me that I have to be out there to walk my dog and everyone else just doesn't seem to care about the distancing guidelines. It's especially hard when everyone is trying to pet your puppy without checking with you first.
I could try it. I've actually started to take my dog on runs, so the fact that I'd be jogging would kind of undermine the "I'm sick, please stay away message." But at least people can't try to catch his attention while he's running since he tends to ignore things when he has a "job" to do.
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