This blog is about my internship at Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Port Alsworth, AK. I welcome you to look through, and see what my life is like as an intern this summer!

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

The intern runs this town!

Well, maybe not the town, but the visitor center for sure!  This weekend I ran the visitor center all on my own!  It was great, and my gosh we had so many visitors!  On Saturday I had 30+ people!  A record for the week.  Before I arrived, the V.C. was closed on the weekends, but once I showed up we are able to be open 7 days a week!  Looks like my weekends will be on Thursday and Friday; I'm calling them adventure days!  I've worked the last 9 days, with no break, so I think I'm ready for an adventure.

It was great though, on Saturday a whole mess of people from Michigan came in!  And we knew a mutual person...SMALL WORLD!  It's amazing what you learn from the people who come into the V.C.  Once I find something to talk about, we're off.  It took some getting used to, having to strike up a conversation with people, but over time it's becoming easier and easier.

As far as running the V.C., it's pretty simple.  I basically manage the place.  When people come in I entertain them, offer them coffee, answer questions, put in a video.  But during down time, I read, I write, I plan for the coming weeks.  Every day is very different.  But it's not just down time for fun.  I researched plants and their uses, and worked on putting together a kids program on fire safety and first aid (the first time I've done anything quite like this).

I'm going to post a few updates today, so read on!

 


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