[caption id="attachment_12345" align="alignnone" width="300"] Hot Springs Latino Conservation Week Celebration[/caption] This was my last week here in Hot Springs. A lot has happened in the last week, including our Latino Conservation Week celebration. Our event had around 40 volunteers show up representing a local...
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eljoRYaNSNo&feature=youtu.be[/embed] Most of this week was spent in preparation of our Latino Conservation Week event this Saturday (tomorrow at the time of me writing this). On Monday, my supervisor Miguel went to Little Rock (the state capital and largest city) to be recorded by...
[caption id="attachment_11741" align="alignnone" width="300"] LCW Banner for Hot Springs National Park[/caption] It’s amazing how fast this summer has been passing by. This week started with more coordinating for our Latino Conservation Week (LCW) event. We now have about 30 people confirmed for our volunteer...
[caption id="attachment_11482" align="alignnone" width="200"] Fordyce Spring[/caption] With the 4th of July holiday, it was a pretty busy week here at Hot Springs. We had over 2,000 visitors on Monday. While I don’t work the front desk, I can tell when the Fordyce (the most...
[caption id="attachment_11235" align="alignnone" width="300"] Luis Vidal giving his presentation at Hot Springs National Park Visitor Center.[/caption] This has been one of the fastest weeks of the internship. It’s been exciting to see our Latino Conservation Week event really come together. We decided to split...
[caption id="attachment_10971" align="alignnone" width="169"] Luis and Miguel at Tinkerfest at the Mid America Science Museum[/caption] This week I had the opportunity to attend Tinkerfest at the Mid America Science Museum. The museum is a very hands-on kid-friendly museum where they focus on...
I spent a lot of this week starting and finishing my program that I will be presenting weekly here in the park’s visitor center. I saw how some of the other interns and volunteers had their own programs, and I decided since I...
I started off this week by going to a summer kickoff reading event at the local library, where I helped staff tables. The subject of my table was skins and skulls. I had the fur and skulls of various types of mammals, some...
[caption id="attachment_9930" align="alignnone" width="300"] Hot Springs National Park, Libbey Springs.[/caption] During my second week in the LHIP program, I feel that I have begun settling into the park and community and into my roles as an intern at this park. My supervisor/mentor is encouraging...
My name is Luis Vidal, and I will be the Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP) intern for Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. I wrapped up the school year at the University of Utah earlier this month, and enjoyed a quick camping...