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Missouri Travels A Year After COVID
Title (Dublin Core)
Missouri Travels A Year After COVID
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shut everything down, and the world went into a global lock down. A year later, restrictions started being lifted and my mother and I traveled to Osage Beach Missouri, as well as the surrounding areas. Because Osage Beach was a tourist town on a lake most of the local attractions were closed due to it being the off season. It was March of 2021. Previously, my family had loved going to Missouri, but always had gone to Branson. We chose Osage Beach, however, because we could get free accommodations through my parents timeshare points. The day I remember most of the trip was traveling to St. Louis, Missouri to visit the St. Louis Zoo. The day before going we had to book a time slot in order to reduce our chances of being exposed to COVID and in order for the zoo to know approximately how many people were there. We did not have to wear medical masks outdoors, since we were fully vaccinated, but when in areas like the gift shop or some dining facilities we had to wear masks. If a zoo worker asked to see our COVID vaccine cards we had to show them or put on masks. After visiting the zoo, my mom and I went to a local pizza pub in Osage Beach that had St. Louis style pizzas. They were not as concerned about the COVID regulations and did not enforce any mask or social distancing policies that the St. Louis Zoo had. This was a theme of Missouri restrictions as I saw when I toured the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City. There I was not required to wear a mask or social distance, but group numbers were limited and reservations had to be made. Luckily my mother and I did not get COVID during the trip, but after a year of lock down and restrictions, the few restrictions still in place felt like a culture shock, even though I still lived in Texas at the time.
Date (Dublin Core)
March 11, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
self
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Annika Linguist
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST643
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Text Story
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Travel
English
Health & Wellness
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Osage Beach
Missouri
St. Louis
zoo
regulation
safety
Missouri State Penitentiary
culture shock
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Arizona State University
HST643
Spring B Session 2024
History of Tourism
COVID-19
restriction
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
03/13/2024
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
03/13/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
03/11/2021
Item sets
This item was submitted on March 13, 2024 by Annika Linguist 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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