Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is a beautiful place.  Whooping Cranes are just amazing creatures.  All the wildlife is fantastic to watch.  Changes with the seasons are remarkable.  All Coastal Texas weather is not perfect; we had a lot of cool rainy days at the start.

Building stuff was very cool.  Visitors seem to like the results too.

We got to work with some really awesome people.  Our small but mighty core work group included Kent, myself, Glen (a fellow resident volunteer) and Dave (our intrepid leader).  We spent a lot of hours together, worked hard and managed to have some fun too.   Great times were had hanging out and working with the extended group of resident and FAMI volunteers.  Other Refuge personnel provided essential support.

As with any experience, not all was perfect but overall it is certainly a good experience.  Thanks to all who made this a great winter volunteer stint.