My life is awesome.
I can’t stop thinking it. I’ve been here in Colorado for four days now, and I am so glad I came. Granted, they have been four very long days. But awesome days none the less. Where do I begin?
Category: Work
On to the next
Well, it’s happened.
My room is an explosion of belongings (most of which I have no idea what to do with), my spider-roommates are quite upset with all the commotion (and coming out in the masses to tell me so), I am procrastinating (hence this lovely blog post), and mostly just relieved that I have yet to unearth a scorpion in this cluttered mess (this is somewhat of an impractical fear, as it is bound to happen eventually).
It’s almost time to move on. Continue reading “On to the next”
On an Island in the Sky
As you all know, the name of the district of Canyonlands I work in is the Island in the Sky district.
As not all of you may know, I managed to wrangle one of the rangers up here to give me guitar lessons this summer. Continue reading “On an Island in the Sky”
Sunrise
Fall certainly has it’s advantages and disadvantages. For one, it’s way harder to get out of bed for an opening shift when the stars are still out (as opposed to a bright sunny sky in the summer when I first arrived). But one thing that becomes much more accessible this time of year is the sunrise. The day starts around 7:30am these days, the same time I arrive on a day I’m set to open the visitor center. Continue reading “Sunrise”
Appreciation
The other day an older gentleman came into the visitor center. He carefully studied the exhibits, excitedly attended the ranger program, politely asked to see the park film, and inundated us with insightful and intelligent questions. His eyes were bright with wonder and curiosity, and he told us over and over again, with the kindest smile, how grateful he was for this protected place, and how wonderful we all were to be working for this cause.
And then with wide, hopeful eyes, he asked us how much of the park he would really be able to see.
We smiled at him, and lied. Continue reading “Appreciation”
October
I can’t believe it’s October. Continue reading “October”
Nightmare on Syncline
At the time I got my season extended the schedule was already published through the next pay period, which included what was supposed to be my last day. The way everything worked out there was one day in that pay period I shouldn’t have been working, and my supervisor had already made sure that all the shifts were covered. It was then decided that I would get to play generalist for a day and monitor one of the longer trails. When my supervisor first posed this to me she made it sound like a question. Continue reading “Nightmare on Syncline”
Fall
Well, it’s happened.
Labor day has come and gone, our German and French visitation numbers have plummeted, retirees and adventure-seekers have taken over the park, and I haven’t sweat in three days.
Fall is here. Continue reading “Fall”
Gooseberry Trail
About two months ago when I had just arrived at Canyonlands and was looking for a hike to do on my day off, one of our generalist rangers, Steve, recommended Gooseberry to me as his favorite hike in the park. I didn’t get to doing it that weekend, and I’m so glad I didn’t, because I think doing Gooseberry by myself, in my first few weeks out here, would have been a very, very bad idea. Continue reading “Gooseberry Trail”
Monsoon Season
Well, it’s been monsoon season for about a month here at Canyonlands. The season runs from late July through September, and it has its pros and cons. For one, things have definitely cooled down (no more 100+ degree days, yay!), and all the gnats have been drowned by the rain (double yay!). Continue reading “Monsoon Season”
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