I'm the point of contact for the Bethlehem walks. They had a walk scheduled for Saturday. It was a long week getting there.
Sunday I drove thru downtown and noticed some signs at the Hotel Bethlehem. They were about having a reservation to enter the building. Damn Covid. It's the height of Christmas tourism season here and everything is clamped down tight. But not before my walk. Please.
Monday it was raining. I dropped my gingerbread person off at the downtown Bethlehem association. It was raining too hard to walk the two blocks to the hotel.
Tuesday I went to the hotel. Indeed you need a reservation to get in — room, dining, tour, ect. I called. Can I get the walk box. She said yes. I went in, grabbed some directions to copy and stamped some insert cards. The bathrooms were closed to the public. I walked to Sand Island. Those bathrooms were also closed. The library has reopened but they have a half-hour limit. Their bathrooms were closed as well. PPardon the pun, but shit.
By the noon news they were calling for downpours Saturday. Okay, maybe it would be cancelled.
By Thursday they were asking about bathrooms again. There's a bagel shop, maybe they have a public restroom. Back over the bridge I go. The bagel shop had people packed in like sardines. NO social distancing. I got the hell out of there. I decided to go see if the ginger people were hung up. (There are 45.) They were. And at the top of the hill, behind the blacksmith was port-o-potties. Problem solved. Weather forecast looked worse. Copied the directions.
Friday the forecast started to change. They wanted Allentown clear by 10 am. After convincing myself this walk would be cancelled, it looks like it was back on.
Saturday I head to the hotel, again. Meet time is 9:45. I arrived at 9:35 and there was already someone there. It was damp and cold but not raining. Another couple showed up. That was it.
Finally, it was walk day. The historic district was filled with puddles and mud. But other than that, it was a nice walk. By the end, the sun was out.
Miles/Steps: 8K
Weather: Mid-40s. Overcast and damp to sunny.
PPE found: A lot of masks and some were reusable. 1 gloves.
Bathrooms: P-4.5
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