Everyday we did things like pulling barbwire fences, helping around the refuge, helping the staff, building trails, working outside, cleaning bathrooms, recycling, pulling frag, and things like that. But we also got to do some pretty awesome stuff that were very memorable for sure! Like on our first week, we went goose banding! that was quite the adventure! I can definitely say Iv'e NEVER done anything like that before! we got to go in these boats, and ride on the edge, and stick our hands out, and when we saw a goose, we would reach out and grab them and stick them in cages!:) I think there were about 700!!! Crazy! But unfortunately, I could mostly just pull out feathers. haaha:) Here is a picture for you----->
Check out my stylish work clothes! ;)I got to do things that i'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to anywhere else, like holding baby ducks, and going boundary posting and getting lost in the weeds and walking around for hours lost. haha! That was an adventure! :)
Oh my goodness! One time we had the craziest adventure of all! Here is the story....
So We went boundary posting in the water, and we were just fine going out in the air boats, and we went posting for a while, then we got to go swimming in the Willard bay lake! And it was my first time swimming in a lake, AND with my shoes on! hahah it was just great!:) Then the fun happened! we started out to get back and our boat got stuck in the mud!!! So me and some other kids had to climb out of the boat into the other one, and it was just my luck that i tripped, and fell right into the mud! haha it was a good day:) The water dried up so much it took us a couple of hours to try and get out in that boat. it was CRAZY! we were all covered in mud, dirty from head to toe, but somehow we eventually made it back!:)
HAGERMAN IDAHO
So we went and worked at a fish hatchery for a few days in Idaho! When we got there, we got straight to work. we worked outside for a few hours and it was so hot!! we were all dying! We later found out it was 104 degrees outside!! Well that's why! haha crazy...but yeah! we went swimming in a lake, and it was gorgeous! but the water was freezing!! It was even way cold after we had been working in the hot sun! so that's saying something i suppose:) We were all having fun on the tree swing, and playing around in the water, but then we heard thunder...and lightening! and we found out that there was a fire really close to our tents!! and they had to go move all of our stuff. but luckily the fire wasn't that close:) then it kept raining on the thing we cooked on, so we had dinner in the rain the first night, and it was very eventful! That night we all stayed up late doing...exercises! of all things! but then we did tell ghost stores and all that stuff! And I tried a vegan marshmallow!
The next day, we went RAFTING at the snake river! and it was so fantastic! it was my first time going, and i loved it! our guide was hilarious! We all got soaked!! And also got in a big water fight with the boat next to us! It was a super fun day! That night was really fun too! We went on a hike to the waterfall and we looked down at hagerman and it was gorgeous! then we all stayed up really late talking, then just decided we should all sleep outside. everyone was laughing over everything! ive never seen this side of them before! it was great!! We stayed up talking about the random est things! And then every five minutes Jordan would make one of his sounds because he was could or something. Haha!
Needless to say, and im going to say it anyway;) we were all SO tired the next day! Which was our last day there! When we were working, no one could function! we were raking grass and falling asleep on our rakes! but we managed to make it through somehow! on our way home we stopped at the lake again and took pictures -------->
I guess i say "that's so cute" alot, because whenever i say something, they alll ask was it so cute?? ;) its so hilarious! I love it! then i say it back with this funny accent and they all ask me to say it again. it happened daily. like hourly. haha its great! :)
Well, its finally here! the last day of work!! i cant believe it! its been a fabulous, and extremely tiring 8 weeks, but its all done, and i have learned so much, and gained alot of strength lifting those poles, and others things;) and met some fantastic people! with all totally different personalities but that's what made it a blast! im so incredibly thankful for the opportunity i had to have a job this summer, and to work there! i didn't know how i would feel about it at first, because im not strong at all, and i didn't feel like id exactly be the perfect person for this job, but i leaned that i definitely wasn't the only one feeling that way, and i learned that its all okay because we all worked together as a team and helped each other out. and that's what helped us grow. :)
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