With Thanksgiving earlier this week, I have been thinking what I’m thankful for at the Observatory. The first thing I am thankful for is being selected to intern at Mount Washington Observatory. This internship is a dream come true for extreme weather enthusiasts like myself. Since beginning my internship in August I am thankful for the opportunity to learn about mountain weather through composing specialized forecasts for the higher summits of the White Mountains and helping with weather observations. I am thankful for the wonderful views from the summit when we are in the clear, such as the view depicted in the picture below taken at sunrise on Thanksgiving Day.

 

 

 I am also thankful that we had pleasant weather on Thanksgiving Day and I found time to go hiking with a fellow summit crew member. I am an avid outdoorsman and hiking is one of my favorite hobbies.

  

 

 

Most of all I am thankful for all the wonderful, knowledgeable people I work with on the summit and I am happy to call them my summit family. It was difficult spending Thanksgiving away from family and friends for the first time; however, I still had a great Thanksgiving with my summit family.