behind the times

This past week has been a whirlwind! Get back from NC Wild. Sleep. Spend some time with my red headed partner, then go right into park service work. all of which has been amazing!! but, first things first, this is how NC Wild went.

awesome! we had a great group of 9 kids all who now live in the Greater Puget Sound area. But, a lot of them were born elsewhere: Kenya, Ethopia, Egypt, Montana, Mexico & Nepal. Then, within the group there were 11 different languages spoken. So, the premise of NC Wild is to take these students, typically in the "underserved" category out into the national park wilderness for 12 days. For most of these kids, its their first time leaving a city or even seeing a tent. The goal of the program is to take them out into the woods and provide them with an amazing wilderness experience while also introducing them to stewardship and providing a sense of place in the outdoors. After the program is finished, we hope that the students will continue to be stewards in their local communities or come back to the park in the future to become a Student Conservation Association intern or Youth Conservation Corp worker and the list goes on.

Anyway, i'll stop yammering and i'll put up some photos.

We're on a boat!

Hiking down Desolation

learning about Seeds from Mike Brondi

Building a trail near Hidden Hand

Learning how to paddle!