Brittney Currie gets to work in paradise every day.
The Central Okanagan Regional District employee is a parks labourer who calls Mission Creek and Bertram Creek regional parks her office.
"I love to work outside and I love physical labour," said Currie.
"It's beautiful and I get a workout while I'm working."
During this pandemic, people are using parks in droves.
In fact, park visits are up an estimated 48% as people stroll, hike and simply desire a dose of nature in a world of COVID restrictions.
You may not be able to travel internationally or have friends over to your house, but you can meet friends at the park, conquer a hiking trail, walk the dog and cycle miles and miles.
"I've seen a lot of people walking together and keeping the recommended two metre physical distance," said Currie.
"And parks are also the perfect place for groups to have weekly meetings on green spaces with lawn chairs socially distanced."
Currie's job includes trail maintenance, landscaping and cleaning of washroom facilities, picnic tables, benches and garbage cans, which are all high-touch areas that are receiving extra sanitization to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The regional district has 30 regional parks covering 2,000 hectares.
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