I would not recommend driving I-95 anywhere north of Richmond, VA in a camper towing a car. We got off north of Baltimore and headed up I-81 and others to get to Cas's sisters house where we stayed for two weeks. While we were there we sold the camper and dolly and bought a pick up and topper. We're holding onto the car for a little bit as it's easier to get around in and uses less gas. After we left Chandra's house (Cas's sister), we moved toward the coast to the Stewart B. McKinney NWR and our final destination Outer Island.
For two weeks we lived in the shop yard at the refuge in the back of our pick up, cooking everything on a hot plate in the wood shop as we went through training. I am proud to say Candice and I are now certified in First Aid, CPR, Blood Born Pathogens, Epi Pens, Automated Electronic Defibrillator (AEDs) and operating government boats. At the end of our training we were moved out to the Island to start our three month tour of duty.
The island was donated back in the 90's to the Fish and Wildlife Service and has a house on it that needs a bunch of work. You can learn about the island here. That is a lot of what we'll be doing, getting the house back in shape and also just being present to greet visitors and let them know when and where they can go. There is a small cottage as well that is being renovated to be used as classroom space so we'll be helping with that also. Tomorrow will be our first day with the Island open to visitors, so we'll see how it goes.
We have been out here a week that has thus far been great. The weather gets better every day, and the people we have encountered have been very pleasant. We are looking forward to a summer of learning lots of new things and sharing those things with you. If you have any questions please let us know, and please help keep us accountable in maintaining relationships as we have been doing a very poor job of it. We sincerely apologize for that. We hope everything is going great for all of you, let us know what's new in your worlds.
For two weeks we lived in the shop yard at the refuge in the back of our pick up, cooking everything on a hot plate in the wood shop as we went through training. I am proud to say Candice and I are now certified in First Aid, CPR, Blood Born Pathogens, Epi Pens, Automated Electronic Defibrillator (AEDs) and operating government boats. At the end of our training we were moved out to the Island to start our three month tour of duty.
The island was donated back in the 90's to the Fish and Wildlife Service and has a house on it that needs a bunch of work. You can learn about the island here. That is a lot of what we'll be doing, getting the house back in shape and also just being present to greet visitors and let them know when and where they can go. There is a small cottage as well that is being renovated to be used as classroom space so we'll be helping with that also. Tomorrow will be our first day with the Island open to visitors, so we'll see how it goes.
We have been out here a week that has thus far been great. The weather gets better every day, and the people we have encountered have been very pleasant. We are looking forward to a summer of learning lots of new things and sharing those things with you. If you have any questions please let us know, and please help keep us accountable in maintaining relationships as we have been doing a very poor job of it. We sincerely apologize for that. We hope everything is going great for all of you, let us know what's new in your worlds.
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