C & I jokingly refer to my internship with the National Park Service as 'Summer Camp' (although we have yet to write my name in my underwear). We've been slowly amassing all sorts of odds and ends, because Crater Lake is fairly far from the normal luxuries of DC - namely food/groceries, cell towers, TV, radio and evening activities. Anyway, I got the email below from my future supervisor and found it so amusing I had to share; I highlighted the good points.
"I spent last week at Crater Lake ...
A few highlights:
Crater Lake is really gorgeous - it was buried in snow when I went (10 feet in the valley, 20 by the rim) (THAT'S A LOT SNOW) and apparently there will be places where there will be pockets of snow throughout the summer. I would definitely bring layers with you - the highs in the summer are in the 70s and the staff told me they average two days a year when they don't have snowfall somewhere in the park (Time to break out my Moon Boots)....
The housing is very nice (It's a tent!, Just kidding)- you do need to bring cooking equipment/dishes, bedding and towels but the units have washer/dryers, full size fridges, stoves, microwaves etc. There is no tv or radio reception. (No TV, No radio makes Homer do something something......) ... However, I would recommend bringing games, books, etc (I can tell you from personal experience, that I ran out of books and it was a little painful ... There is nothing near the park - no restaurants (other than the Concessioner run restaurants), no grocery stores, drug stores, etc, so make sure to buy what you need ! (I wonder what they'll say wehn they seem me buying 20 pounds of meat for the whole summer, all at once).
Your office will be in the Science and Learning Center - which is the historic supt's house - it's snowed in all winter so I only saw the second story (!) but it looks pretty cool (She only saw the 2nd floor... BECAUSE THERE WAS 10 FEET OF SNOW! The whole park's buried in snow...I hope I don't fall in) and is apparently really nice office space. The park staff was very nice and they're very excited about the business plan project - I think you'll really enjoy working with them.
T - 33 days and counting
