Sean and I drove back around to the west side on Thursday and
met up with Mary and Christi (who had also hiked back to the west side to get
her car) at the office. The rest of
Thursday and all of Friday was spent cleaning gear (pot and pan sets, water
filters, wader boots, stoves), patching waders, returning checked out gear
(backpacks, sleeping bags, tents), and flagging anything wrong with any gear (ripped
rain flies anyone?). We also trooped
around administration to pay for our dorm stay, close our internet accounts,
etc.
I won’t say too much about it, but our end of the season
performance appraisals were also on Friday, and I got a very good review, as
well as a “Hat’s Off” award for doing a good job this season. It was really, really neat.
One of the last “tasks” of the job was to take the waders
deemed too holey to be usable anymore and make “waderhosen” out of them for the
wilderness department party Friday night (fyi, this was our idea and done not
on company time; not an actual task given by the Park Service). We then wore our waderhosen (pronounced
vader-hosen) at the party – much to the bemused amusement of the party’s
attendees.
We had grilled tri-tip,
chicken, five or so different salads, and desserts galore – the perfect way to
end the season. I also got to say
goodbye to my favorite rangers – Dario, Rick, and Myrth, who were also
present.
And then, my second season at Sequoia Kings National Park
was over.
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