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VIP: Fort Bowie NHS

VIP: Fort Bowie NHS

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I am remiss in taking 7 months to write this post. January 1 2019, I had purchased my ticket to get down into Mammoth Cave. This was going to be a stop on my way south to Tucson to get the trailer before I started my first Volunteer-in-Parks (VIP) position on January 7th. Remember what was happening with the government then? Yep, the Shutdown. I still was going south though, since it could open any day and wanted to be…

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Holding Down the Fort: Part 1: Getting to the Fort

Holding Down the Fort: Part 1: Getting to the Fort

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I was motivated by a few things, the first being that I had a feeling in my gut that Colorado’s winter was going to be a doozy. Winter 2017-18 was a mild one where I was in Denver in the trailer, there were only a few days that made me queazy with a dip below 32 degrees, but in all that was a mild winter. There’s nothing in my mind worse than frozen pipes, and there are certainly more things…

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