Stories from someone just fumbling through
If you ever get the chance to visit Yellowstone, you have to take the winding ride from Dunraven Pass to Mount Washburn to Tower to the Lamar Valley. When I wasn’t white-knuckling it in the back of Deb’s car --praying her sight-seeing gaze didn’t stray too far, too long and send us toppling off… Continue reading Yellowstone: June 18th, 2013
Today is a combined field effort with the GRYN crew consisting of three young twenty year-old male whipper-snappers (a nursing student, a GIS student and a geology student) and Andy, who is the head-honcho of the entire amphibian monitoring project this year. It was a training day for them and a field data collection… Continue reading Yellowstone: June 17th, 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
It’s been another glorious day here in Smellystone (don’t worry, it’s a good smelly). Strange dreams are still afoot but I‘m taking it in stride. Work uneventfully started at 8 am with a review of the field season schedule and then a trip to Indian Pond. Deb was disappointed with the water level and… Continue reading Yellowstone: June 14th, 2013
Training Day: 4 Today I woke up feeling very off due to the very vivid dream I had. Dreams here are so real, detailed, and colorful and they really stick with you. I’ve been trying to write them down, just for the heck of it. It seemed like a little fairy or greedy… Continue reading Yellowstone: June 13th, 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
Training Day: Deux Amphibian id training today in Gibbon Meadows. I remember doing the same exact thing in the same exact location in 2006. This entire experience is going to be like some wonderful kind of déjà vu for me. We saw every species on our very short list, including tiger salamander larvae. And I… Continue reading Yellowstone: June 11th, 2013
Training Day: Uno It’s my first day of work and my first time meeting Andrew, my field partner for the season. He’s a tall, well-mannered, young fella who grew up in a small town outside of St. Louis but just moved with his wife to Casper, Wyoming. His wife just finished a six-year… Continue reading Yellowstone: June 10th, 2013
Well there's a first for everything. This is my first storage unit. It's my very own 10 ' x 10' tiny home. My parents must be so proud. Where does your daughter live? Ugh...in D37 at Affordable Self Storage in Kingston. Not really impressive for a soon-to-be 37-year old spinster. On the bright side,… Continue reading My Hurtin’ Unit
During my last visit home, my mother and I visited the beautiful town of Skaneateles. It was the only day off I had in many weeks and it was looking like that was going to be my last one for a while, so we decided to make the most of it. It turned out to… Continue reading My trip to Skaneateles
The Unmaker 