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Good morning, fellow travelers. After a few weeks of offering virtual destinations and in light of California’s stay-home order lifting I’m back with some real-life ways to explore.
Times travel writer Christopher Reynolds and assistant travel editor Mary Forgione are reporting that national parks, hotels and restaurants are hustling to reopen after being surprised by the rollback of state COVID-19 rules.
Of course, that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods, because Californians are still urged to stay within 120 miles of home. In the spirit of doing our part as travelers to limit the spread of the virus, have you discovered any safe nearby gems in the last few weeks?
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Spring break is just around the corner. What’s a parent to do? The kids have been locked in the house forever. But making travel plans is tricky even if California’s stay-at-home advisory eases.
Lezlie McKenzie faced the same problem last year. She wanted to plan a family vacation, but fear of COVID-19 caused pandemic paralysis: How could they see and do new things and still be safe? Her solution: a private bike tour.
Two weeks later she and husband David Mira and kids Anabel, 12, and Lucas, 14, were in Yellowstone National Park watching the Old Faithful geyser blow its top, sending 8,000 steamy gallons of water 150 feet into the bright blue Wyoming sky.
Cllr Richard Welch SITE visits should not be undertaken by individual councillors in their own time, a former chairman of Craven District Council’s Planning Committee has warned. Cllr Richard Welch said it was important that visits to see the sites of planning applications to be decided by the committee were properly organised with officers present so as not to give the wrong impression. It would be too easy he said for a councillor visiting on their own to open themselves up to criticism, or potential bias. “Councillors should not go anywhere near a site, unless with officers,” he said.
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