{"id":53759,"date":"2014-01-08T14:04:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T21:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=53759"},"modified":"2014-01-08T14:04:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T21:04:52","slug":"12-states-5200-odometer-miles-and-one-last-blog-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=53759","title":{"rendered":"12 states, 5200 odometer miles, and one last blog post&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrapped up my internship at the BLM Colorado State Office at the beginning of December (making this post just a <em>little<\/em> late&#8230;), and\u00a0after spending the holidays with friends and family in Oklahoma, I\u00a0am currently <del>procrastinating\u00a0<\/del> writing this from the New Hampshire Seacoast. After a few trips between Colorado and Oklahoma to move out of my apartment and pay one last visit to the Rockies, I once again loaded up my hatchback and embarked on a cross-country haul to join my fiance in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>As I renew my efforts to hunt down a job, I can&#8217;t help but reflect on how much I learned and really enjoyed my time as a CLM intern. Before this, I had only limited experience doing fieldwork, but after being privileged enough to work in some truly gorgeous places in Colorado, I can&#8217;t imagine my life and future career without it. Beyond the simple joys of fresh air and the beauty of nature, as a scientist, I would miss the intimacy that comes with going out into the natural world and really learning what is going on out there. If I learned nothing else from this experience, it would have been worth it for this little epiphany.<\/p>\n<p>It was decidedly <em>not<\/em> all that I learned, however, and in listing the benefits of my internship, I have to mention my mentor Carol, whose experience, example, and staggering knowledge of Colorado flora taught me more than I can express. I am also grateful to my co-intern Darnisha, who showed me the ropes and was infallibly patient with the questions of which I asked way too many. Though my time as a CLM intern is over, I am still not sure if I believe how lucky I was to spend my first summer out of school traipsing through the Rockies, hungrily learning the names of unfamiliar plants all around me, and stumbling on breath-taking views practically every time I turned around. I sincerely appreciate the opportunity the CLM program gave me, and I am excited to see what new opportunities lay ahead.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53760\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSCF1102.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53760\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-53760\" alt=\"Hoosier Ridge, Colorado-- See what I mean about the views?\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSCF1102-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSCF1102-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSCF1102-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSCF1102-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/DSCF1102-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoosier Ridge, Colorado&#8211; See what I mean about the views?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<p>Katherine Wenzell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrapped up my internship at the BLM Colorado State Office at the beginning of December (making this post just a little late&#8230;), and\u00a0after spending the holidays with friends and family in Oklahoma, I\u00a0am currently procrastinating\u00a0 writing this from the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=53759\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2551,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2551"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53759"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53837,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53759\/revisions\/53837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}