Beaches, trails, and parking areas at Virgin Islands National Park reopened Monday in a partial move to return to normalcy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic as the territorial governor relaxed his closure order.

What can you do during a 3-day visit to John Day Fossil Beds National Monument? Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson recently traveled there and returns with a description and photos of this eastern Oregon geologic wonder.

RVing used to be so simple. You plan for a road trip, you pack your rig, and you go. But in our post-pandemic nation, we’ll have an added layer of RV etiquette basics to consider when camping in national parks. Common neighborly courtesies like respecting campsite boundaries and minimizing generator noise are still advisable. But now, all of us will have to go a step further to nurture neighborliness and reap the rewards of life after lockdown. As RV life ambassadors, here’s what we need to preach and practice from arrival to departure.

While staff at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado prepared to close the park Friday night, Guadalupe Mountains National Park closed earlier in the day, and staff at Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts was dealing with garbage and vandalism.