Before I even fully got the chance to embrace my internship with Missouri DNR‘s Communications team, it’s already time to start my next adventure. I’m so excited to get started at FOX21′s KXRM in Colorado Springs! In the next two weeks, it’s finishing my last few days, packing up the house, and uHauling my belongings, Tiggy, and Trix (my VW Bug) about 12 hours to the apartment that sounds best online. Stressful? Yes. Exciting? Definitely.
But before all that happens, I want to share the highlights of my internship. When first premised with the idea of helping to update the state parks websites, I couldn’t be more excited. I’d be hiking, photographing, and exploring the trails, traveling to parks that I’ve been semi-surrounded by for the last four years, and getting a taste of the dream job: environmental journalism.
It’s been everything I’ve expected and more. Between getting way too close to snapping turtles: 
Finding awesome sunsets: 
And even a sitting hummingbird:
I’ve earned a new title. But my new nickname has nothing to do with any of those photos. Apparently, I’m the bug woman…
I’m embracing it.
I’ve loved getting to experience some of the parks; capturing the last footage of one before the recent floods put it underwater. The one downside has been the overnights in remote towns. While I appreciate getting a bed to sleep in and a place to edit each night, I’ve seen far too many horror movies in my years to enjoy so much quiet time. The perils of a traveling journo, I suppose. But given my favorite photos, I say the self-induced scares are worth it:
Until the next adventure ensues…
Mr Turtle doesn’t look to happy about you peering into his house. You are lucky he didn’t give you an unplanned nose job! Good photos though. I liked the heron.