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Scott Herring and Nick are now friends
August 10
This experience will save my life!
January 30
It's so cool that you advocate Journaling. I also journal because it is my hopes that my posterity and that of my family may find insight. Our expereinces are for sharing.
January 30
:) that side of me can be very devilish, though it uses a whole lot of commons sence when it coms to Yellowstone. But then what I have heard over the years in Yellowstone and have been asked that side usually takes a front seat. I found ya kinda h...
January 30
I prefer the devilish side :)~
January 30
Quite a BIGGGG difference between the two parks. I know what ya mean though. even though I am not a Californian I have had people think when I am talking about Yellowstone that it was Yosemite. and have had to correct a few people here and there. ...
January 30
Scott Herring and Bill Berg are now friends
January 28
Scott Herring added 2 blog posts
January 28

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Hometown:
Davis, CA
About Me:
I'm an English professor at the University of California, Davis, and a longtime Yellowstone person
Last Seasonal Job:
Yellowstone Park Service Stations
Favorite Seasonal Job:
Yellowstone Park Service Stations
Where have you lived and worked?
Yellowstone in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, Death Valley in 1990, Carlsbad Caverns in 1992, Northern California since
Dream Job:
Professor at the University of California, Old Faithful, which the park service would hate

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Preparing for that First Summer

I'm having fun remembering how impossible it was for me to get ready for that first summer in Yellowstone without ever having seen the place. Hell, I didn't even know where it was at first; like a surprisingly large number of Californians, I had it confused with Yosemite. I finally bought a "Story Behind the Scenery" book about Yellowstone. It was a good book--no problem there--but it gave me the impression that Yellowstone is pretty much all geysers. The place is over two million acres, and the… Continue

Posted on January 28, 2009 at 12:46am — 3 Comments

Scott Herring

More About Journaling

(Not a word I like, "journaling," which sounds too much like something you do while listening to New Age music at an expensive spa in Sonoma County). During my time in Yellowstone, I kept a journal that ended up accumulating and accumulating until I had several hundred thousand words, literally, in miles of loopy handwriting. Years later, I decided I needed to digitize all that so that it wouldn't get lost, and it took me five months to type it into the computer. So, again, bring your laptop wit… Continue

Posted on January 28, 2009 at 12:45am — 2 Comments

Scott Herring

A Little ESL

Now, I want to introduce a new feature that we will be experimenting with. Recall that I am an English professor, with a Ph.D. and everything. I have taught literally thousands of students, most of whom have been English-language learners. They have spoken every imaginable language, from Basque to Haitian Creole to Cambodian to !Kung. Along the way, I have picked up a few tricks on how to teach English as a Second Language (the "ESL" in my title).

Since so many people who work in national parks… Continue

Posted on January 27, 2009 at 12:29am —

Scott Herring

More Planning

Do you bring your laptop for a summer in the park? Yes (again, screw global warming). Getting online is usually an iffy affair. You should, however, keep a journal, and you will need the laptop as a platform for doing that.

These summer-in-the-park experiences (in whichever park) sometimes don't work out, but when they do, they can turn into the central adventure of your life so far, and maybe forever. You will kick yourself in the future for not writing down the details.

Posted on January 27, 2009 at 12:27am —

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A Radical Turn

Having said what I just said below, I'm now going to turn around and say something environmentally incorrect. It's the time of year when people are deciding where to work next summer, and I'm remembering how hard it was to plan for that first summer in Yellowstone. Should I (for instance) bring my car?

Yes, absolutely. If at all possible, bring your car. Reasons: the Greyhound bus is the 28th circle of hell, and without your car, your mobility will be severely limited, no matter how good a hike… Continue

Posted on January 26, 2009 at 5:16am —

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