Patty Bates:
CLASS OF 1976
Bakersfield High SchoolClass of 1976
Bakersfield, CA
University of CaliforniaClass of 1984
Davis, CA
California Polytechnic State UniversityClass of 1981
San luis obispo, CA
Washington Junior High SchoolClass of 1972
Bakersfield, CA
Longfellow Elementary SchoolClass of 1970
Bakersfield, CA
Patty's Story
Life
Escaped the heat and smog of Bakersfield as soon as graduation was over and headed to college at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Spent 5 great years enjoying life along the Central coast. Couldn't finagle a way to stay employed there, so it was off to a great career working in the woods for the Forest Service, Spent time in eastern California, Nevada, Idaho and Montana. Making the switch from the Engineering program to Natural Resource Management paid off with some of the best jobs/locations - working in the Sequoias, riding the Teton Crest, exploring the largest wilderness in the lower 48, and the white water wonder of the River of No Return. We're currently living within sight of the continental divide, with all our 4-legged kids (2 horses 3 dogs and a couple cats that should be in the barn, but aren't). After almost 10 years as a District Ranger, I'm now enjoying working in...Expand for more
a mixed-bag of public services ( Recreation, Engineering, Lands, Wilderness, Trails, & Public Information) for the Forest Service in Dillon MT. The cabin along the Beaverhead River has been an experience (never commit to converted fox-skinning barn as a second home). Weekends find up back home in Lemhi Idaho, where the log house is a bit more substantial, or at least level and there's room for the horses. Spare time and money is for traveling, either exploring ports of the world when we can work a deal, or camping & canoeing our way through the wonders of the west.
Yearly visits home to California are to check on Mom and stock up at Frugattis, Trader Joes and Dewars when we're in Bakersfield. A couple fire assignments to the Los Padres, but so far no great options to retire on the central coast.
And, no, my interests are not cats! What a strange way to show profile answers.
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