Closing the cave

   Yesterday Randa and I worked at the Gatehouse, greeting visitors, helping them get oriented.  We told them where to park, dispensing information about the cave tours, and other park amenities.  The job is a chance to be the first person that the visitor sees and talks to when entering the state park.  It's a good thing.
    However, at 10:50 am everything changed.  We received a call from our supervisor, Kyle, at the Visitor Center.  He relayed to us that as of 11:20 the cave tours would cease until further notice.  It did not surprise us.  With what it is happening in the country right now, anything is possible.  We later read that the cave tours are not scheduled to reopen until May 8th.  That's seven weeks !
    So what happens now?  Well, we are done.  All volunteers are asked to not return to duty until the cave reopens.  Most of us will have moved on by then.  The park understands and is ok with that.  We are welcome to continue to stay here as long as we need.  The 10 person group limit means that only park personnel will be needed to run the park during this period.  The volunteers are free of any obligation.  The park has told us that we are free to stay here as long as we need to.  I safe and secure place to stay isolation and wait out the situation.  So we will.