Accessing the Outdoors Responsibly During Covid-19
How To: Access the Outdoors Responsibly During Covid-19 *this blog post is sponsored by Zappos* I have been practicing social distancing for over 3 weeks now, and I finally felt comfortable heading outdoors to get some fresh air and try out my new hiking boots from Merrell. Being in a quarantine feels like the perfect time to get outside to hit the mountains for a hike, except when everyone else is thinking the same thing. Imagine, you are carrying COVID-19 but aren’t experiencing any symptoms. You feel great, the sun is out, so you decide to go on a hike. You stop at the last available gas station in a small mountain town to fill up on gas and get some snacks, and you expose the gas station employee as well as all the other customers that go into the gas station that day. They bring the virus home with them, and then several people in this small town are sick but don’t have access to medical care l...