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| View of Columbia Gorge |
It has been a big couple of weeks. I have officially begun my term of service as an Americorp intern. I am working at the West Valley Outdoor Learning Center, and receive all my training and support from the Northwest Service Academy based at the Mount Adams Center (MAC)in Trout Lake, WA. I spent all of last week down at the MAC with the 28 other environmental interns playing games, eating, getting our paperwork done, eating, going on hikes and eating. There was certainly a ton of food there. I can't say it did much for my waist line, though it did keep my morale pretty high. Trout Lake also proved to be a particularly beautiful little town. It is nestled at the base of Mt. Adams (aka the sleeping giant), and is chock full of green pastures, wooded glades, and old-growth pine forests. On one of our hikes I saw my first spring flower, and I can't describe the hope that that brave little guy instilled in me.
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| brave flower |
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| natural arch |
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| waterfall in Columbia Gorge |
I came back to a lovely weekend with Dr. H and the cat, and my very own first spring flower.
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| bulb |
There may be a dusting of snow on the ground outside, but inside things are growing!
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