That’s it. I may have just witnessed the most spectacular sunset ever. And that’s saying something after growing up on the gulf coast and spending 6 months at Canyonlands. Check this out:
And the best part? I watched it from my living room.
I repeat: my life is awesome.
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?
22 is the natural number following 21 and preceding 23. Continue reading “22”
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”
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”
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”
At 9am this past Monday morning (my Saturday, as my days off are Monday-Tuesday) I had an interview for a ski instructor position at Keystone. By 10, they had offered me the job.
That was the start of my amazing weekend. Continue reading “Moonlight Meadows”
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”
I can’t believe it’s October. Continue reading “October”
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”
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