I have to admit that while I am more excited than I have been in a long, long time...I am just as equally terrified! Today, my management team officially approved a leave of absence for me that will allow me to accept a short-term contract with the Doyon/Aramark Joint Venture, the National Park Service's authorized concessioner of Denali National Park.
I will be spending May through September of this year working as a Living History Interpreter as part of the Denali Natural History Tour.
I cannot express how excited I am to have the opportunity to continue and advance my career as a Living History Professional, as well as have the opportunity to live and work in Alaska at such a beautiful place as Denali. This experience will be a great departure for me on many levels, yet I know it will be an adventure full of lessons to be learned. It will be a wonderful break from the summertime of Virginia, however, I will be sad at spending that time away from Portia (a big thank you to my family for agreeing to watch her while I'm away). It will be a once in a lifetime experience I have no doubt.
And it won't be so bad reporting to work here everyday:
For those of you who are wondering, my assignment will be to portray a 1940's era Park Ranger. A great departure from the many characters I have portrayed over the years and it will be a whole new era for me to familiarize myself with, I really can't wait...despite how scary this whole thing is.
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