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To my select readers--all 5 of you!--The time has come to let you know that I have finally obtained gainful (if underpaid) employment) in Yosemite National Park.

I'm leaving Rhode Island in a little over two weeks, and I've been busy packing my stuff for storage while I'm gone.

I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep up with all the news in order to provide my perspective on current events, but once I' there, I hope to use my 'l337 social engineering skills to obtain wifi access to post.

I grew up in California, and hold some very dear memories of Yosemite. It was one of the few places that enchanted me as a child, where I have good memories of my mother, and it's been calling me back for a few months.

The job is pretty up in the air right now. I don't even know what I will be doing once I get there. It could be as a maid at the Ahwahnee lodge, or the Yosemite lodge. I could be cleaning stables, or slinging hash in a High Sierra camp.

My blog will not become a worker's rant. If I post, I promise I will not delve into the horrors of working for the park's concessionaires. I will try not to become a travelogue, either. There's plenty of information on the beauty of Yosemite out there already.

Wish me luck, gentle readers. This is an adventure.

Jean Dudley.