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Working as a park ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park, I got asked a variety of questions from park visitors. Many times they were obvious questions you’d expect: “How far is it to Grand Lake?”, “Where can we see the elk?”, “Can you recommend an easy hike?” What’s a Park…
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A Strange Interaction As I came back from my lunch, I took my familiar position staffing the information desk. Five minutes later, a family walked in — mom, dad, a younger daughter and son. They looked to the be the typical midwestern family visiting Rocky Mountain National Park for the…
Continue readingLiving and working in some of the most scenic places in the country has often created challenges during my life. This balancing act began over 20 years ago when I first moved to the Sierra Nevada town of Mammoth Lakes to work for Mammoth Mountain, the local ski resort. Getting…
Continue readingOff I went, driving the big county van down the canyon. Sitting high, and driving a county vehicle, I had to be much more careful than my usual drive down the canyon. I actually ended up driving the speed limit, and being mindful of a controlled navigation of the many…
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