Nate Weisenbeck’s 8-year-old self couldn’t be happier. Now at age 23, he’s headed to Florida to live out his dream as an intern in the field of marine biology. “From my earliest memories – the very first time anyone asked me – ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ I said, ‘marine biologist’,” said Weisenbeck. “As I got older it expanded to all animals and nature. I couldn’t do anything else.”
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On April 27, the Centers for Disease Control released new COVID-19 safety guidelines including expanded outdoor options for small groups. Once fully vaccinated, adults can now gather outdoors unmasked, travel within the U.S. without quarantining or testing, and join limited numbers of other vaccinated people indoors without masks or distancing.
This is good news for the approaching summer as better weather will allow many to take advantage of recreational opportunities that were sorely missed last summer under necessarily tighter precautions.
Nearby outdoor recreation is abundant. Here in St. Cloud the city’s Parks and Recreation Department manages nearly 1,700 acres of parks, ranging from the massive Whitney Park complex and the showplace Munsinger and Clemens Gardens to modest neighborhood parks like Lions Park on the edge of Pantown. With almost 100 parks and two dozen trails, there is likely some city-owned green space within walking distance of most residents. Everything f