Morning, less than a week til our arrival. Finally! Quick question for those of you that have been on-property since they reopened..
My wife and I typically get up and get a run in before we start our day, usually early (7am) before most folks are out/about. Can anyone confirm if they are requiring masks be worn (or what have people seen) on runners since the reopening - we typically make our way down to HS, back and then around the Lake a few times. Here at home we stick to non-populated areas without masks - I saw on some other threads it's a crap-shoot depending on who you ask but thought I'd check on any recent YC/BC experiences...
Just curious, what, if any guidance folks have seen when it comes to folks running around property during the early hours...
I will start by saying a big YMMV on this one - and it seems like with many topics even this has become a little divisive and I sort of hesitate to even answer, to be honest. I’ve run at BLT/CR, Poly, GF, and YC in trips since reopening, most in the 6-7am hour, some 7am-8am. At BLT over the summer, a recreation manager I asked said masks are not required while running - just to/from said activity. Others have reported asking CMs and getting an opposite response.
I would say most other runners I have seen have not been wearing masks. It has been a pretty large majority, like 85/15 to 95/5, roughly speaking. My last two trips I’ve seen more with gaiters and people pulling them up for a bit as you pass.
I dabbled with masks and gaiters at BLT over the summer since the trail there shares an employee walkway which always seemed pretty busy over shift-change in the AMs, but other than that I’ve personally run mostly sans mask.
My runs around Crescent Lake have pretty much been just like normal times - very, very few people out, mostly other mask-less runners, lots of good mornings and friendly waves as we all criss-cross paths round and round. Remember, these have mostly been 6am-7am’ish so my experiences may not apply to what one may find later morning - or on any given day.
Personally, I’m an early runner to begin with but I’m now making it a point to get out as early as possible just to have less people around, well before people are up/moving around for the parks or breakfast.
Just my take. Hope you enjoy your trip!
These are yacht Club room 1075. This is handicapped accessible with roll in shower, water view. Since Pop had to use his wheelchair to get from the bed to the restroom, I changed how I arranged the ECV’s. I put one by the sofa near the door to the patio, and the other I moved all the way to the door, so he could get the wheelchair in the restroom. We used the area by the adjoining room door fir the Walker, and folded the wheelchair in front of the tv when not in use. Hope to share more photos soon. Dee , if any photos are helpful please feel free to use them. Traveling with the wheelchair is new to us, so a little trial and error was used. Sorry 1 pic duplicated and I can’t get it off.
Luckily that didn’t last long and lights came back on everywhere. This was around 7:30. So, the whole thing really only lasted ~30 minutes. I did grab some quick photos of the dark side of the resort. The lobby lights stayed on, as did a few of the outdoor white lights
