I just got home from a two week clinical experience in West Virginia. I had a wonderful experience working in a rural clinic with such a large medically undeserved population. The majority of my patients had no health insurance. It was a great learning experience for me as I learned to really factor cost into the medications I prescribed and tests I ordered. The staff and patients were so open to me, it truly was a fantastic experience.
Justin came up for the weekend and we hiked and went rafting. West Virginia has so much natural beauty, it's gorgeous! Here are a few photos I snapped.
New River Gorge Bridge - We stayed in a cabin on the New River Gorge Preserve and this was in walking distance. It's the longest single span arch bridge in the Western hemisphere.
We hiked out to "Long Point" where you can see a panoramic of the bridge.
On our hike.
Prior to our rafting trip. It was fun for the most part, but the class 5 rapids were a little too extreme for me. I prayed a good bit on those to be honest. Only one person in our raft fell out and it wasn't me or Justin so overall I'd say it was a successful trip ;-)
6 more weeks till the end of summer semester and then only ONE more semester, I can hardly believe it!
~BKL
