{"id":81861,"date":"2019-09-26T16:11:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T23:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=81861"},"modified":"2019-09-26T16:11:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T23:11:46","slug":"new-beginnings-in-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=81861","title":{"rendered":"New Beginnings in BEND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the beginning of this month I started my new job at the Bend Seed Extractory and casually moved across the country to Bend, Oregon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have never been to the west coast before and was finishing up another internship in Pennsylvania when I was offered the opportunity to move to Oregon and start working at the Seed Extractory starting early September. I immediately said, yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally, there were a lot of logistics that I didn’t think through before initially accepting this position (such as finding housing and having a car). However, as I began to plan everything started to fall into place- shipped my car (this is pricey, yes), and found a dope girl on Craigslist to live with (craigslist can be weird but once you weed through the weirdos its rather helpful). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, the west coast has exceeded my expectations. It is BEAUTIFUL. I am originally from Virginia and accustomed to the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Cascades are a entirely different breed of mountain. In addition, I am extremely grateful to have been placed in Bend. This town is amazing! It’s full of hikes, climbing, breweries, and farmers markets that are essentially festivals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a pic of me enjoying Black Butte (one of the many hikes Bend has to offer). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another thing that I wasn’t completely prepared for when I moved here is how intensely different the vegetation is! There are about negative deciduous trees here and everything is a shrub (still beautiful though and let’s remember Bend is essentially a desert). However, I am enjoying learning to identify all the new evergreens in the area, as in VA we have about three options to pick from when there’s a conifer around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a picture of a Ponderosa Pine that I can’t figure out how to rotate! (these babies are everywhere and the bark is so cool!!- sorry Im kind of a tree geek) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anyway, figure I should talk about my new job a bit too and the reason I actually moved to Bend, but instead, I’ll leave you with a picture of the first seed I processed at the extractory and leave you on the edge of your seat to hear all about it next month! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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xoxo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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