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As some of you know, I recently acquired my dream job. I'm working at a company in Utah, though I'll not mention the name.
I work in wilderness therapy now. It is a combination of two of my passions, the outdoors and helping others. I work with troubled teens and young adults, teaching them primitive living skills. While I do talk to them about their various issues, my primary role is to simply keep them safe. It is a joy.
I could go on about the various sites or details about the job, but once you see my office, you'll understand why words simply won't do it justice and why I can't imagine working in a cubicle ever again. And, I think you'll see why I love this job.
So with that, I've got a lot of pictures for you. Obviously I'm holding back (because I took a TON), but you'll get the gist of it. Enjoy (and come visit)!
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| It isn't a trick of my lense. There was actually a cool prism effect going on in the clouds. |
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| Beautiful! |
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| Yep. We got deer here, too. |
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| Looked like some weather was coming in. |
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| Yup. The weather came, indeed. |
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| Inside one of the shelters we built, a few hours after sunrise. |
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| I truly love my new office. |
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| We were heading down a long, lonesome road. |
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| More snow there, off in the distance. |
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| One of my co-workers, pretending to be Chewbacca. |
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| Beautiful dawn. |
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| My kind of place. |
Well, that's it for the pics. I whittled it down to these ones, but I took over 100 over the course of 8 days (and that WAS using self control).
We hiked about 15 miles this last shift, but hopefully the students will be up for a LOT more once the summer hits.
The job is near Zion National Park, so while I might not update the blog for awhile (I'm busy darn it), I will definitely update it once I get some hiking in over there. I've seen some pictures from co-workers adventures and I can hardly wait!
See you next time!
