{"id":309,"date":"2016-11-07T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/2016\/11\/07\/program-visit-colo\/"},"modified":"2016-11-07T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T21:59:00","slug":"program-visit-colo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/prorangerblog\/2016\/11\/07\/program-visit-colo\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Visit: COLO"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was accompanied on my visit to Colonial National Historical Park by Junior (Pro)Ranger Aislin.  <\/span>After an uneventful drive, we arrived at COLO to visit ProRanger Taylor Johnson.<\/p>\n

Our first stop was to the ranger station for a visit with Chief Ranger Steve Williams.  <\/span>Program Manager Adrian Fernandez had stopped by COLO earlier in the summer and presented Chief Williams with the program plaques.  <\/span>I was pleased to see that they were already hanging proudly on his office wall!  <\/span>Chief Williams presented Aislin with a park ranger doll and she scored some awesome Centennial tattoo bling!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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ProRanger Taylor Johnson and Chief Ranger Steve Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Colonial NHP has been a five summer participant in the ProRanger Program (the superintendent has the 2016 plaque!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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You can’t beat this for Centennial bling!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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I was also thrilled to see ProRanger alumnus Wayne Lamb!  <\/span>Ranger Lamb is back at Colonial after completing FLETC and his field training at Glen Canyon.  <\/span>The day ended with a meeting with Ranger Mark Krebs who has been working with ProRangers for four summers starting with students at Cape Hatteras National Seashore!<\/div>\n

We even got a chance to see a local high school band!<\/p>\n

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Drawing of the doll, wearing Georges Island Junior Ranger Badge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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High school drum and fife band<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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With Ranger Lamb!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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With the meetings out of the way, the second day of our visit was devoted to Taylor showing us around the park.  <\/span>We toured the Yorktown area of the park and saw some of Taylor\u2019s favorite spots and he showed us some of the park\u2019s problem areas.  <\/span>We visited Jamestown and met some of the rangers who Taylor has worked with this summer, earned a junior ranger patch, watched the park movie and toured the settlement.  <\/span>But, most importantly, we saw the statue of Pocahontas!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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ProRanger Johnson swearing in Junior Ranger McGarvey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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A young buck was cooling himself in the swampy water.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Pocahontas!!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
We ended the day back at the Yorktown Visitor Center and earned a final badge for the day!  <\/span>Then we were off for a stop at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park on our way to Shenandoah NP.<\/div>\n
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Up next:  <\/span>SHEN<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was accompanied on my visit to Colonial National Historical Park by Junior (Pro)Ranger Aislin.  After an uneventful drive, we arrived at COLO to visit…<\/p>\n

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