Outdoor adventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, with some occasional reflective storytelling.
This isn’t exactly what I had in mind. I’d been envisioning “closing off” my year in Ecuador with a nice, 1500-word blog post summing up my experiences there and what I’ve learned from them and how I’m different now etc. I sat down with my laptop and some notes scribbled on the back of an…
Read MoreBut first, a timeline: 7: number of days until I finish my last exam of my undergraduate career at Cal 9: number of days until graduation 10: number of days until my second summer job begins 2+: number of months until my sister’s wedding 4: number of months until I leave for WorldTeach Ecuador With all…
Read MoreIt happened. This morning, approximately 2 minutes after my alarm went off, I received an email notification from WorldTeach telling me I was accepted to the September 2015 Ecuador program. After their email about notifying me by early June, I was stunned, to say the least. Right at the moment I had more or less…
Read MoreI was never much of a science student. As a high schooler, I was much more interested in Spanish and History than chemistry or physics. But there were a few lessons in biology that fascinated me and made me wonder if maybe I had a scientist deep inside me after all. One of those lessons…
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Elizabeth Seeks 