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Collected Item: “Take this time to explore your own town”

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Take this time to explore your own town

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

A website, “googling social distancing activities”

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Staying home all summer when you’re used to travel and exploring can leave you weary and unable to think of things you can do. I turned to google for some ideas and happened upon a website that gave great ideas for exploring locally. I live in Monterey, California and spent last summer exploring antique shops, boutiques, and interesting restaurants. I’ve never considered myself someone who enjoys the outdoors, but I had to try some of the ideas on this webpage because I was simply tired of being cooped up. There are so many places to explore. I took the time to explore 17 Mile Drive and Pebble Beach early in the day when few people were there. I must’ve stayed for hours just walking along the beach or the little trails.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#socialdistance, #ASU, #HST385, #pandemicsummer

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.americanrivers.org/2020/06/7-ways-to-safely-recreate-again/?gclid=CjwKCAjw8-78BRA0EiwAFUw8LKD3o6edeTV7aUZCIt94PdxWMVyVwXFa2Hb2EqgrdfyN39J1tqjbGxoCZykQAvD_BwE

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

American Rivers

Give this story a date.

2020-06-01
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