Hunt

I moved to Hunt, TX in February, 2007.  I had only been to Texas once before on a biology trip in college.  I really did not know what I was getting myself into.  I moved to Hunt to teach outdoor education; the work was seasonal, from February until the end of November, with few breaks during teaching time.  The ranch I was moving to was forty five minutes from the nearest town.  I had seen photographs of it on the internet, but other than talking to my future boss a couple of times on the phone I had no clue as to where I would be living or what it would be like.  All that I knew was that I would be living in staff housing on the ranch and that I could get rides to town to get groceries from my co-workers.  In the summer I would help out with summer camp and during the school year I would teach reptiles, arthropods, freshwater ecology, and canoeing classes, as well as high and low ropes course and team building activities. 
Looking back on it, now, I am very glad I moved to Hunt, TX.  I met some great people and working in the camping industry it is easy to make friends because you generally have a lot in common with your co-workers.  I loved my job, I made plenty of friends, and I was in the lovely Texas Hill Country, it was not as pretty as Missouri, but at least there were trees and hills.  I still talk to my friends from the ranch and we visit eachother when we get time off. I had vowed in college never to move to Texas, but I had little opportunity for work elsewhere after college.  Even though I still am not a fan of Texas I am glad I moved here because of the amazing people I have met.