Stories from someone just fumbling through
Welcome to Disneyland people! This site was another first for me and I certainly hope it's not my last. Honestly, as soon as we parked our car and started hiking, we had elk bounding across our path and birds were perched on our shoulders singing Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah. I felt like I was in a cartoon. We… Continue reading Yellowstone: Blacktail Plateau Drive
Gull Point is a new wetland complex this year because some of the old complexes are now closed due to nesting swans. My partner and I helped out the other crew on this one and it turned out to be a lot of fun. The day started out with us being dorm-bound due to rain… Continue reading Yellowstone: Gull Point & Utah Dorm Life
I couldn’t resist visiting the Old Faithful Inn one more time. It’s just so beautiful in there. I was able to write my next post for the Declaration of You Bloglovin Tour right on one of their original writing desks from 1904. I’m getting spoiled. I ate too much ice cream, took some great photos… Continue reading Yellowstone: July 13th, 2013
Oh Mary Bay…what can I say. This was the only wetland so far to have completely turned my stomach. Mary Bay is a large pond/lake that is just filled to the brim with waterfowl turds. Each year it gets a little smaller and I know why: it’s being filled in with poo. We could… Continue reading Yellowstone: July 4th, 2013
Crawfish Creek (I like to call it Mississippi Mud Bug Creek) was another brutal experience. The four mile/ two-hour hike to our wetlands was a nightmare filled with boggy surprises, seeps that will swallow your limbs, thermal areas, stream crossings, hoards of hungry biting flies, blood thirsty mosquitoes, steep mountains, intense heat, huge swaths of… Continue reading Yellowstone: July 2nd, 2013
Today was an official day off of work. I spent most of the morning reading, writing and organizing my photos. Then I took a brief walk to the Elephant Back trail. This was the first hike we went on as a group back in 2006 and I felt like I was on death’s door the… Continue reading Yellowstone: June 15th, 2013
Training Day: Thrice Today feels like I’ve finally settled in, which is a lot quicker than most field jobs I’ve had. Perhaps it’s because I’ve done this before. Andrew, Deb, and I navigated to some wetlands nearby. I kept up just fine despite being rather out of shape and squishy and having… Continue reading Yellowstone: June 12th, 2013
The Unmaker 