Not only do I get to drive a Prius at my job, I also get to work with people like Michael Charnofsky. Michael was one of the first Naturalists I met at East Bay. It happened by chance just before I hopped my plane back to Baltimore the week of my interview- Michael was leading a group of kids in removing ice plant, an invasive succulent, from the dunes at Crown Beach. I happened to be walking through the park after checking out an apartment nearby when I saw a bunch of kids ripping the plants out of the ground and gleefully tossing them into huge piles (I quickly recognized the behavior from my own work removing water chestnuts with kids on kayaks in the Gunpowder River basin, and stopped by to see what they were up to).Jess y James headed down to Crown Beach this afternoon after the 4th of July parade in Alameda. Michael was there with the rest of his Crab Cove crew, and parked out front was my Prius, which Michael had borrowed to make a float for the parade.
It's got lots of trinkets of historical significance (like the roof-top model of the rollercoaster that once stood where the Crab Cove visitor center is today, and a popsicle and a snow cone- both of which are claimed to have been invented there in Alameda).
Jess and I spent the remainder of the afternoon navigating the bus system and exploring by foot. At the end of the day, tired and ready to board the bus that was coming up the block, we were pleasantly surprised when a little white Prius stopped in front of us to offer us a ride... it was Michael, who drove us home in style!... Check out the license plate and the decal!(It was just serendipitous that I had my Lorax t-shirt on too)
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