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Arches National Park

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Title (Dublin Core)

Arches National Park

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Description (Dublin Core)

Once COVID-19 travel restrictions lifted, my then-girlfriend (now wife) and I went on our first long-distance road trip together. We wanted to see Arches National Park. This was the start of our checklist to see all 63 National Parks in our lifetimes.

The key memory for this trip is that I almost proposed. We’d been talking about marriage, and the timing made sense. She likely expected it that weekend. We hiked out to one of the arches which was gorgeous. The scenery was perfect for a proposal, but it was over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. I was sweating a bit already and she was glowing. Upon reflection I decided it was too hot outside for a proper proposal. Thus, I proposed after the trip in an indoor location. That is a story for another time. Overall, it was a wonderful visit to the park, and our first trip together of more than four hours.

The park visitor center still requested masks as a courtesy. That said, there was ample room for social distancing once outside of the building. Trips like these were the safest for tourism at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, because of the vast open air. I felt much better at this National Park than I would have felt in densely populated areas.

Date (Dublin Core)

June 13, 2022

Creator (Dublin Core)

Self

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST643

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Travel
English Environment & Landscape
English Parks

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Arches National Park
road trip
hiking
engagement
social distance

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Arizona State University
HST643
Spring A Session 2025
Arches National Park
tourism
History of Tourism
national park
ecotourism

Collection (Dublin Core)

Environment

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Tourism story for the COVID-19 Archive

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

01/26/2025

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/02/2025

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on January 26, 2025 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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