Friday, October 11, 2013

Wandering New Mexico


So…things haven’t gone quite according to plan this fall.  We intended to spend the fall and winter in Lincoln, maybe working at Cabela’s and maybe building a snowman or two.  But, an unexpected opportunity came up for both of us to spend a few months volunteering for the National Park Service at El Morro National Monument in New Mexico.  Because Park Service positions are quite hard to come by, we couldn’t pass the opportunity up.

Unfortunately, our first day of volunteering coincided with the first day of the government shutdown…

So, we have been allowed to stay in our housing at the monument but now have A LOT of time off.  We have been trying to stay busy-lots of school-work, volcano climbing, ice-cave exploring, and wolf-watching- you’re basic New Mexico activities.

Hopefully the parks can open back up soon, and in the meantime if anyone wants to visit us we have a pull-out couch and a wide-open schedule J

Here’s to hoping, along with the rest of America, that the government gets their act together sooner rather than later!

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