Good day to the Ogden Nature Center

I love my job at the Nature Center. I feel blessed beyond words to be doing what I love, to have truly the most amazing co-workers, to learn new skills, to occasionally bring my baby to work, and to have open access to a complete gem in an industrial part of a city!  Check it out www.ogdennaturecenter.org

My main job is to do outreach so I go out into the community and give presentations with animals and birds.  I am also the one who books and sets up reservations for when we do these programs.  I also get to help with summer camps and school field trips that visit the center. I have to tell you that when I was in High School that this is the kind of job I hoped that I would have one day. This and a Girl Scout camp counselor, a nature guide in Alaska, and a ski instructor. Pretty sweet that I have been able to do those things too.

I started at the ONC in October 2012 and I can honestly say I have not had one bad day at work. I have had some challenges but compared to some of my other  experiences on the job such as being charged by a mountain goat in rut, arranging for a life flight for a young girl in cardiac distress 7 miles from a road, being stepped on by a horse, or skiing with 10 eight year olds in 2 feet of snow, I have been able to handle the challenges at this job with grace. 

Today I helped out with summer camp and did a lesson about tarantulas, played field games, and did some insect netting.  Pretty fun for me and the campers.

The next coolest thing about my job is that my husband works 1/4 mile away! I know that is too hard to believe but it is true.  He works at a call center at the industrial park that is located right next to the ONC.  Today I ended work just as he started his day. So he dropped our children off at the Nature Center and I was able to go exploring with them. We had a wonderful time walking the shady trails, checking out the raptor birds, gazing at the water birds, and playing in the grass. 

It was a perfect afternoon.  A dream in fact. Both the kids were in high spirits. They got tired at the very end of our walk but hey we live just 10 minutes away so nap time was not too far off.