Americans around the country were eager to get outside during the holiday weekend.

Memorial Day weekend, typically a time for sunny day outings and partying, was a bit tenser this year due to the ongoing pandemic. Critics on both ends of the spectrum have been debating keeping public areas closed in the interest of public health versus opening them up and supporting businesses. Multiple parks, beaches, and public areas around the country attempted to meet both ends in the middle by opening for the holiday, albeit with stricter social guidelines in place.

One example of a pandemic-era beach opening handled well was in Clearwater, Florida, where despite the large number of people basking in the sun, social distancing and health consciousness was observed.

“It’s not always going to be perfectly 6 feet between people, but I feel like people are trying to keep their space,” Yasmina Hernandez, who visited Sunset Beach near Clearwater, told the Tampa Bay Times. “It’s everyone’s individual choice whether they come out or not.”

Unfortunately, social distancing is not on the forefront of every holiday-goer’s mind. In regions and cities like Houston, Texas and the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, large pool parties were observed with little regard for social distancing guidelines, though at least in the latter’s case, there were officials nearby checking temperatures and offering hand sanitizer. “If you’re worried about getting sick, obviously, or you want to distance yourself, it’s pretty much to each their own,” partygoer Jodi Akins told KSHB.

Elsewhere, parties were shirked entirely in favor of large protests. At Point Pleasant Beach in New Jersey, hundreds gathered for a protest, shirking social distancing guidelines as they demanded Gov. Phil Murphy reopen the state completely.

As of writing, no major outbreaks of COVID-19 have occurred as a direct result of these gatherings.