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Photos: Campgrounds re-open in accordance with a proclamation by Gov. Kim Reynolds, allowing a place to isolate for at least one essential worker
May. 10, 2020 7:16 pm
A Cedar Rapids nurse took to Palisades-Kepler State Park Saturday to camp after isolating himself from his wife and kids in late March
Registered nurse Donald Summers of Cedar Rapids finishes setting up his 10 by 14 foot tent by getting music to play through his bluetooth speaker at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Summers decided to isolate himself from his family beginning on March 29 due to the nature of his work at the Meth-Wick senior living facility in Cedar Rapids. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Nurse Donald Summers of Cedar Rapids sits about ten feet away from his wife and daughter as they visit him at his camp site at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 9, 2020. Since isolating himself from his family Summers has had a short stay at a hotel, briefly camped at Pleasant Creek State Park before campgrounds were closed in early April and was given access to an empty rental property by a local landlord. Earlier in the day Summers said he moved out of that home and decided to start camping as weather has warmed up and campgrounds reopen. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Lewis, 6, chases his 4-year-old sister Isla Summers around their dad's tent while visiting him from a distance at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Nurse Donald Summers of Cedar Rapids (center) sits and watches with his wife as his two kids play while visiting him at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A poster hangs in the window of nurse Donald Summers' tent made by his 6-year-old son, Lewis, at his camp site at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Lewis Summers, 6, eats a slice of watermelon with his mom, Julie, and 4-year-old sister Isla at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Isla Summers, 4, counts from behind a tree while playing hide-and-seek with her older brother at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Siblings Lewis, 6, and Isla Summers, 4, run and play at their dad's camp site at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Lewis Summers, 6, rests his head on his pillow sitting next to his mom, Julie, at a picnic table while visiting his dad at his camp site at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Campground rules during the coronavirus crisis stated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are seen posted at the gate entrance at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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