We have been here for almost a week now and what a week it has been! We’ve had rain, snow, hail, sleet and sunshine. Sometimes all in the same day! The campground is at 7735 ft plus and when the weather gets loud, it gets VERY loud!
I am a Campground Attendant and as such I clean bathrooms, get firewood from the woodshed ( so far only 10 – 20 boxes at a time and we all work together at it, passing fire brigade style. Soon we will get 100 boxes at a time! Off-Da!) pick up branches, dig out campsites,(yes, there is still a lot of snow. Two loops are not open yet because of it.) and do maintenance. We also deliver messages for the guests and sometimes deliver mail to them also. I am enjoying it immensely! I can hardly believe how much! I am the only woman with all the guys, hence, when we go in the truck I sit in the middle because my legs are the shortest!
We have had two bears in the campground this week. I saw one, a big grizzly who stayed in the meadow where later on in the summer tent campers will be. The other was in the C loop which has campers in tents and hard sided RV’s. He was a younger fella and the rangers got him to head for the hills with their air horns.
Meanwhile, Rick has been doing training every day for his job as a Guest Service Agent. When he comes home his eyes are glassy and his head is going in circles! I am soooo glad I am NOT going to do his job! He is almost finished with the training and will begin his on the job training on Wed. All the other GSA’s are very encouraging and are quick to tell him that it will go better when he is actually doing the job.
Today we went on a Photo Safari. One of the perks of our jobs is that when there are spaces available we can fill them. So we could go for free! The weather was really poor, cloudy, grey and raining off and on. Our guide usually finds great spots for bears (they were all hiding today) and other critters. Today was the exception and the sun wouldn’t even show it’s face for us to get the rainbow at the Lower Falls. Still, it was a good trip. We had fun and I learned more about my camera from our guide. He is a professional photographer who started working at the park 23 years ago as a waiter. He had his degree, but it didn’t satisfy his need to be creative. After several years of doing lots of different things at the park he was approached about doing photography tours, hence the Photo Safari’s came to be. He was excellent. We hope to go again another day.
I am going to attempt to post a few pictures from today and from last week. We hope you enjoy them!
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