Photos: Utah families find ways to get outside, honor traditions amid COVID-19 distancing

Eddie Chavez listens to a song his mother enjoyed while his daughter Karol Chavez, center, and her children Jessedie Chavez, left, and Isaac Chavez, 9, accompany him on a visit to his mother’s cemetery plot on her birthday at Murray City Cemetery on Sunday, April 12, 2020. Eddie Chavez usually visits his mother’s cemetery plot with about 25 members of his family on her birthday, April 11, but he went the following day with only his daughter and grandchildren, who live with him. His sister visited the site Saturday. They have been keeping their distance due to concerns of being considered at high risk of contracting COVID-19. “My sister and I are very close. Wherever I go she goes with me. We get together often as family,” Eddie Chavez said. His sister dropped off homemade masks at the family’s door earlier this week. | Ivy Ceballo, Deseret News

Eddie Chavez listens to a song his mother enjoyed while his daughter Karol Chavez, center, and her children Jessedie Chavez, left, and Isaac Chavez, 9, accompany him on a visit to his mother’s cemetery plot on her birthday at Murray City Cemetery on Sunday. Families in Utah found a way to get outside and enjoy the weather and their traditions over the weekend, while maintaining social distancing measures due to COVID-19. Eddie Chavez usually visits his mother’s cemetery plot with about 25 other family members on her birthday, April 11, but this year he went to the Murray City Cemetery with only his daughter and grandchildren who live with him.

Meanwhile, the Dressel family went for a walk along the Temple Quarry Trail at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon in Sandy on Sunday. “The four walls seem a lot closer than they used to, but all things considered I think we’re pretty lucky. We haven’t been interacting with people for about four weeks now,” Andy Dressel said. “I couldn’t imagine being in a big city where you’re in a small apartment and no place to get outside, that’s got to be so much harder. Whether that’s just walking around a neighborhood or getting out to a place like this, I think it makes all the difference.”

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