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RVs are in high demand across the state as Utahns discover new ways to get out of town without using airports and hotels.

BYU students face many decisions on if and how they will return home for the holidays as Fall Semester comes to a close.

Editor’s note: This story is a part of a series that explores the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and how things have changed on and off campus.

Glassy blue and white coasters sit on Monte Swain’s dining room table in his suburban Utah home, a seemingly far off momento of past adventures abroad. The coasters display the same marble inlay artwork used on the Taj Mahal walls built in the 17th century. Marble inlay was perfected by the Mughal artisans, a delicate process that involves carefully cutting and engraving marble shapes by hand. Swain has held on to these prized souvenirs for their beauty and the memories attached to them from past trips to India.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Motorized electric bicycles may soon be humming along serene trails in national parks and other public lands nationwide. It's part of a new Trump administration order — hotly opposed by many outdoors groups — that will allow e-bikes on every federal trail where a regular bike can go.

Volunteer Paige Stodtmeister plays with a boy at an orphanage in Baja, Mexico, where the Kaiizen Foundation frequently organizes volunteer trips. (Kaiizen Foundation)

Rebecca Isaksen, a student from Norway studying psychology with minors in business management and political science, studies in the Wilkinson Center on campus. (Jessica Smith)

Losa Smith, a senior studying sociology, poses for a photo during the Asian Pacific Business study abroad last summer. Smith could attend because of the Global Opportunity Scholarship offered by the Kennedy Center. (Losa Smith)

Booths set up during the Study Abroad Fair on Sept. 20, 2018 represented all of the 200+ study-abroad programs offered by BYU. (Claire Gentry)

Law Professor Justin Collings shares his take on the Supreme Court's ruling on Trump's Travel Ban. Collings and other BYU professor say the ruling could have negative ethical, constitutional and legal implications. (Sydnee Gonzalez)

Provo residents gather to review plans to for changes to Bulldog Boulevard. Bulldog Boulevard will lose two lanes to bicycles. Medians and lines will be added to continue making bike riding safer. (Project Team)

Many residents living on 200 East in Provo say they don't know the purpose of the construction. The city claims the residents were informed of the construction. (Ty Mullen)

The classroom had many of the same characteristics found in any similar room at BYU. Students dressed in everything from sweatpants and T-shirts to sun dresses and hair bows. Some listened intently, and others were distracted with their phones.

BYU students take a truck safari in Wadi Rum, Jordan. BYU's intensive Arabic program allows students to experience Jordanian culture firsthand. (Melena Warden)

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 13, 2016 file photo, a small plane with a banner flies over Flint Bishop Airport to celebrate the ribbon cutting for Allegiant Air joining Flint Bishop International Airport in Flint, Mich. Discount airline Allegiant Air is set to land at Newark Liberty International Airport. Allegiant has been given final approval to begin offering service at the airport in November. Tickets can be purchased beginning Tuesday, June 28, some for as low as $39 one-way. (Conor Ralph/The Flint Journal- MLive.com via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

Susan Burnham stands on the balcony of the George Marshall Center during her internship at the U.S. Embassy in France. (Susan Burnham)

Brandon Randall was walking home from a concert in London with fellow study abroad students when he noticed a boat hurrying down the Thames River on June 3. Later that night he found out what the boat had been rushing toward: the scene of the London Bridge attack — just a few bridges down from where Randall's group had been.