Maryland is the South??

Here I am in Maryland (not related to the picture). I chose this picture because it is a great representation of the main town I live near and, I suppose, Maryland as a whole. Very Colonial. Very water based. It kinda reminds me of a movie based in The South. Super humid at this time of year (yesterday I was sweating from morning 'til night-with breaks only while swimming in The Bay or cold showering). This isn't me complaining, but trying to give you a picture of how it is here. It's really exciting how different everything is here; the culture, plants, climate, people. I'm loving the drastic change, it's great.

So I've been here for a week. The first week we didn't work with kids, it was the training week. It was cooler than any training week I've ever had. We played games, went sailing, night hiking, canoeing, visited an arboretum (Adkin's Arboretum), and much more. My upcoming Fall job is going to be really great. I will be payed to have fun. I'm so excited. There is a zip line here. I live in a house with 5 other naturalists on campus--it's called The Green House. It's an old plantation house and is really homey, nice and welcoming. Also, since it's on campus it's a great hang out spot on Fridays after work.

Our first group of the season arrives tomorrow. I'm scheduled to co-teach a few classes throughout the week and I will solo teach a really exciting class called Nighthike. The way they let us teachers teach here is pretty much completely up to us. It's very free form and personal. With the Nighthike I get to take a group of 12 kids out at night and introduce them to different nature aspects of the night....ah, I'm so excited.

There are about 30 staff here and we're all, for the most part, in the same age group. I really like that. I feel like i want to go garden right now, but I will def. post again after I experience my first week of kids or before. Hope all is well!

Sprout Out!