Florida... 2010
At the end of my time at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, I was offered a position with the Allen Lab at University of Florida. So off we went! The first nine months of our time in Florida were some of the most trying: we rolled into town without a place to live and we barely made ends meet. Finally Andrew secured a good position with RTI Biologics and everything was looking up. We married in July 2011 and paid off our credit cards. With a little extra financial room we were also able to explore a little more of Florida and even do the tourist-y thing and go to Disney World. Florida has some really neat ecosystems, including springs, sinkholes, wetlands, coral reefs, the Everglades, lakes, rivers, mangroves, and beautiful forests.