james8470 160 Posted June 4, 2017 Hello friends! Well, some of you may already know this because of a profile update I did a few weeks ago, but I got myself a job, my first one actually. I'll be camping into a nearby national park for weeks at a time doing general maintenance work and ecological improvement work such as removal of invasive species. Now some of you may also know I live in the American Southwest where it's fucking hot in the summer. How will I survive? I'll be in the mountains, where it's between 10-20 degrees cooler. I'll also be going to a couple other national parks & forests for a few weeks about a 4-hour drive from here. It's going to be an exciting summer for me, most of which won't be spent on xG. However, we do come home for the weekends! So I can still check in occasionally, and even participate in most of Spoop's anime nights. However however, there'll be two ten-day trips in addition to the five-day trips, I'll keep you posted in this thread when they come up (pun not intended, but whatever lol). The job starts tomorrow, however I'll be home in the afternoons though that week. I just won't be online most of the day. The week after that, it's off into the wild! I'll tell you guys what I see, hopefully a Desert Tortoise or a Mountain Lion, I've never seen one of those in the wilderness. The job lasts 8 weeks. Bye! 1 realBelloWaldi reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elcark 288 Posted June 4, 2017 Jesus that sounds like loads of fun,wish my job was anywhere nearly as exciting. Have fun up in the mountains, and don't forget to send any exotic animals you find in the mail! 1 james8470 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aegean 849 Posted June 4, 2017 Take plenty of pictures, and bring ziplock bags for any electronics so they don't get ruined from the rain! Best of luck in your new job, sounds great! 1 james8470 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bone 364 Posted June 4, 2017 Have fun man. Hope you find Bigfoot 1 1 Egossi and james8470 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thorax_ 539 Posted June 4, 2017 I'll keep you posted in this thread when they come up (pun not intended, but whatever lol). What pun? Also, have a good time and stay safe :3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
james8470 160 Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) What pun? Also, have a good time and stay safe :3 Well, I guess it's more of a play on words actually. I'll keep you posted by making forum posts, get it? :p Edited June 5, 2017 by james8470 (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spoopy 63 Posted June 4, 2017 The last I went camping was on spring break in my man cave. Wut fun, but this... this too much. Gl my friend. Make sure to tell the bears I said I'm sorry for what happened last time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TBOHB 74 Posted June 5, 2017 See you on the 9th Nah but seriously have fun. I applied somewhere and gave them my only copy of my resume and haven't gotten a call back. 1 james8470 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
james8470 160 Posted June 10, 2017 Week 1 Monday: Various park employees and volunteers giving brief lessons and presentations. We later took a drove around the park and took a little walk, just hung out for the rest of the first day. Tuesday: Eight hours of 1st-aid training. I'm certified and everything, but I sure don't fell that way :P Wednesday: Drove all the way across town from the far east (where the main park is) to the far west to a much smaller pocket of land the park owns and removed graffiti. Here's an exact replica of the graffiti, there were 5-6 of them around: BK Thursday: Drove all the way across town again, picked up trash alongside a strip of road adjacent to the park all day Today: Same as Thursday Meme of the week: One of our leaders/employers was going over the rules for camping, and at one point said "no booze or alcohol" we all laughed our asses off. Can't wait to get out of the heat and drive out to a cooler area for the whole week! 1 TBOHB reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CappyCappy 33 Posted June 12, 2017 can you send me a piece of tiger skin when your out there jk, seems fun out there but its not my place. No Internet = No Survival :p Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thorax_ 539 Posted June 13, 2017 Week 1 Monday: Various park employees and volunteers giving brief lessons and presentations. We later took a drove around the park and took a little walk, just hung out for the rest of the first day. Tuesday: Eight hours of 1st-aid training. I'm certified and everything, but I sure don't fell that way :p Wednesday: Drove all the way across town from the far east (where the main park is) to the far west to a much smaller pocket of land the park owns and removed graffiti. Here's an exact replica of the graffiti, there were 5-6 of them around: BK Thursday: Drove all the way across town again, picked up trash alongside a strip of road adjacent to the park all day [attach=full]29669[/attach] Today: Same as Thursday Meme of the week: One of our leaders/employers was going over the rules for camping, and at one point said "no booze or alcohol" we all laughed our asses off. Can't wait to get out of the heat and drive out to a cooler area for the whole week! I think your camera is high, the street lines are wavy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shwash 108 Posted June 14, 2017 Don't get eaten by a mountain lion. Just kidding! Outdoors aren't really my thing, as well as heat. Stay hydrated and post a video of you wrestling something on Selfie Sunday. Really though, don't get eaten. 1 TBOHB reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sylux 31 Posted June 15, 2017 :emoji_call_me: Bye James have fun! And remember... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
james8470 160 Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) Week 2 Monday: Packed up truck and trailer and took inventory of our weekly supplies, arrived at Chiricahua National Monument campground, set up camp. I woke up in the night to a bunch of crashing and rustling noises, thought it was a bear and got spooked. Learned next morning that it was just a skunk going though our stuff. :p Tuesday: Hiked around with our tools clearing out drains alongside the trail in two-person teams. Saw a cool Rattlesnake when we returned to camp, followed it around for a half-hour, but then dinner was called. Wednesday: Same as Tuesday, but a different trail Thursday: Did a 11+ mile hike all day. I had the worse nosebleed (I get one whenever I go to a new place e_e) of my life in the middle of it, blood literally just poured out which has never happened before with me. A tampon solved the problem, though :D We got to use a staff pool at the end of it, too! Friday: Cleaned up camp, drove back to our own National Park, unloaded, cleaned, and organized our stuff. Meme of the week: * in the middle of our 11-mile hike while taking a break* Me: How are you feeling Alan? Alan: Good, how about you? Me: Aroused (° ͜ʖ°) Next week, it's back into the Chiricahua Mountains! It's beautiful up there, and the temperature isn't too hot. We saw so many deer it was insane. See ya'll next week! Edited June 19, 2017 by Guest (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shwash 108 Posted June 19, 2017 next mourning Awww, who died? 1 1 james8470 and CappyCappy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
