Hello, This is my last full week here at White Sands, and it's starting to hit me. But before I talk about that, I want to talk about how Mothapalooza went last week. There were about 60 people who came to see the...

Hi all, Some sad news, y'all, about the outreach event that I was helping prepare for this Thursday to work with the Teen Court, a group of teenagers who need community service and want to remove an act from their record. We were going...

[caption id="attachment_11866" align="alignnone" width="225"] A random pretty picture of a cactus out here. Loved the purple flowers![/caption] Hi! I have an exciting thing going on next week. The second annual Mothapalooza will be happening on July 28th when the local moth expert Eric...

Saludos, So I have story for y'all. We had our second Full Moon Night last Saturday and it was all going really well at first; the parking was going really smoothly and the music started to play. There was lightning we could see, but...

HELLLLLLLOOOO, I hope that everyone in their parks and anyone else reading this blog is having an enjoyable summer so far. These past two weeks have been a little mellow in terms of projects, so I have been doing more evening programs with visitors...

Hi all, This is almost the halfway point of my time in New Mexico, which is crazy! I don't want to think about it, though, so instead I just keep thinking about all that is yet to come. On the upside, the Upward Bound...

Summer is here and I am feeling it for sure! The temperature has been in the low 100's the past week and it is quite a difference from the foggy summer days of Northern California that I am used to. With this comes interesting days,...

Hello all! It was another week of firsts for me. Last Friday night we had the Full Moon Night I mentioned last week, and it went well! I did parking duty, but was still able to go over and see and hear the band...

Saludos, I am done with my training now! Yesterday I completed my First Aid and CPR certification training, and am ready to (hopefully) handle whatever comes my way while here at work and maybe in life. Now, since I am done with the training,...

Hi all! So this is the second week of my time in New Mexico, aka the "Land of Enchantment," a description written on every license plate in the state. Let me start at the beginning of the week. On my day off I...