Post #7

Dates: 6/27/15, 6/28/15
Activities: General Park Maintenance, Cleaning, and Upkeep

Reflection: Some days at Jordan Lake are much more interesting than others. One reason I wanted to intern with Park Rangers is because that is my career goal. I wanted to get a feel for what it's like as a job. A few days have been very interesting and it was pretty cool to see how the rangers dealt with it. One day some other workers and I were walking around and doing our daily tasks and a woman walked up to a group of us and told us she had a concern. She told us that her family had seen a man sitting alone at a picnic table with many different sizes of knives and machetes laid out on it. So we decided to let the rangers know. After we called them on the radio, at least five rangers showed up and one of them went to go talk to the man. They ran an I.D check and found he had a couple different previous arrests for assault and similar accounts. Although he wasn't breaking any laws because he had no guns, they did advise him to put the knives and machetes away because it scared the other people at the lake. This was really interesting to me to see how all the rangers respond and come together when someone thinks or sees a possible threat. I like how the rangers work together to make the park a safe and fun place for everyone. This helped assure me of my path for college.