“It’s the southernmost tarp!” one tourist quipped. The buoy was covered this week in a quest to keep tourists from gathering there. A line forms every day, all day, for the photo op in front of the buoy that declares “90 Miles to Cuba.” In Key West, Fla., a red, black and yellow buoy marking the southernmost point in the continental United States is a hot spot for tourists. There was no outrunning the effects of the coronavirus, even at the edge of the continent. “We’re worried about what will happen if and when Bishop turns into its own little cluster” of the coronavirus, Deikis, the coalition’s vice president, said on Wednesday. The Bishop Area Climbers Coalition ultimately asked “climbing friends” to “not travel to Bishop at this time.” In Moab, Utah, an area known for rock climbing and mountain biking near Arches National Park, health officials shut down hotels to everyone but local residents or those traveling for work after executives from the 17-bed Moab Regional Hospital implored the state to help. Islands in Maine and North Carolina barred visitors. That concern shut down Colorado ski resorts. On Saturday, people in the Bay Area ignored stay-in-place orders and crowded outdoor places like the Marin Headlands and Point Reyes National Seashore, which reported “unprecedented visitation.”Īny type of middle-of-nowhere congregation created a new kind of worry - rural areas with limited medical facilities being overrun with tourists just as the pandemic strikes in full. Yosemite National Park was among those to shut down lodging, and on Friday afternoon, closed entirely. Most national parks waived entrance fees but closed visitors centers. Big Bend National Park, in Texas, had lines of cars a week ago and was “ packed” earlier this week, even as isolation orders rolled across the country. It seemed more leisurely Sunday than mounting global emergency.Īmong the unexpected places to see a virus-induced surge in visitors were some national parks. At the Erewhon market a mile away, both the middle-aged and millennials sipped to-go coffees and munched plates of roasted organic carrots and beets at clusters of outdoor tables.Īt nearby Pan Pacific Park, basketball players filled a court and CrossFitters heaved kettlebells on the grass. On Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles’ Fairfax District, groups of runners dripped sweat on the near empty streets, zooming past day laborers humming corridos. California’s Santa Monica Pier was closed, its amusement park quiet and still, but surfers continued riding waves below it. Others tried to treat these as normal times, though contrasts were easy to spot. “My dad and I sanitized our hands, linked arms and walked down the aisle,” Ms. The wedding planner live-streamed the ceremony for the original 225 guests. Parker’s mother played the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” on her cellphone. “But I wouldn’t do it now.”Ĭlorox wipes and hand sanitizer greeted guests on an outdoor terrace. “At that point, the advice was that gatherings of 50 or less were OK,” she said a few days later. was so nervous about performing that she did not shake the groom’s hand or let anyone touch her microphone. At a backyard wedding near Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday night, a DJ named Amanda B. “I might as well go back home and sequester myself in my house in Columbus, Ohio.”įormal gatherings like funerals and weddings were canceled or reconsidered. “The beach is my life, and without the beach, it’s like, why be in Florida?” he said. He was not happy to learn that the beach was closing Friday night. Leguire said he and his wife keep distance from others and wear gloves and masks in grocery stores. I think it’s the coronavirus and the news about all the kids congregating.”
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On Thursday on Clearwater Beach, he found four rings, two of which he believed were gold, plus a handful of coins, aluminum cans, pull tabs and bottle caps.
A retired doctor and self-described “metal detectorist” named Larry Leguire, 68, from Columbus, Ohio, had been in Florida since December.
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