Here is the lodge with the mountain in the background. Next is "Scout" getting his new shoes. This is our view of the Rio Grand River. Across the way you can see an old mine shaft trestle leading into a mine. The other picture is of some fish we saw a guy catching while fly fishing there on the bank.Day 8, June 25, 2008, Wednesday
Today we started with our free breakfast at the lodge in their breakfast buffet. We were so anxious to start we went to breakfast at 7:10, but did not have to report to work until 8:30. We worked with another couple; our job was to clean 3 cabins (they only get cleaned after the customers check out). Some one from the laundry goes around and strips all the sheets and takes all the towels out and leaves us fresh laundry. We then go and work as a team cleaning it, no cabin is very big, so with 2 of you working, it is relatively easy, Dave does the “bull work” and I do the wiping down and checking of the lights, TV, smoke alarm, etc. We have a check list and when it is done we report back via a radio. After all 3 were completed, we cleaned up the area outside and then I checked the first aid kits and made a list to get them up to date.
Last night they had a “pot luck dinner” for all the work campers and the season RVers. Since we are the “new kids on the block”, we were told not to bring anything. Wow, there are a lot of fun people here and we really felt welcome. Today some of our fellow workampers went on a hike, they invited us to go, but we had to work, maybe next time.
After our six hours of work, (including our break and lunch time), we got back to the MH and Kate took Bonnie for her walk along the river. Today, Bonnie decided to wade into it, like she does at home in the pool, she put her head under the water and blew bubbles! Then she drank some of the very cold water and decided it was time to go back to the bank and sniff all the wonderful smells of the wildlife.
This job has lots of neat perks! Breakfast on days that we work, discount in the rather large gift shop (Olga…Kate has you covered) and lots of great coworkers just to name some of them.
Back at the MH, Kate decided to go out to say Hi to one of the horses that has taken to her, it seems that whenever Kate is out there by the coral, this particular horse comes over to let her pet it. Kate spoke to “Ronnie”, another of the wranglers and he said that is “Sugar”. He is trying to put some weight on her, but if Kate would like, she can go along on a ride and take Sugar. The rides are one hour or two hours long and they have a nice trail that they take. Because we are “workampers” here, we can go along for a trail ride when ever they have room and we can even go along on a raft trip as well. Apparently, this river is very calm and they float down to South Fork, our fellow workampers said it is an easy gliding ride, with no rapids, but you do usually get wet, after all, you are in a raft! Back to the horses, while Kate was talking to Ronnie, he asked if we would mind helping them “run the horses”. Every morning and afternoon they take the 13 horses across the highway, when they do this you need people on the highway to make sure the horses go straight across to their barn and pasture for the night. Dave and I stood on the highway while all 13 horses ran by us across the road, wow was that exhilarating!
The railroad tracks here are neat; the only real traffic on them is a guy in a small maintenance car with a “trailer”. Apparently there are groups who have small “rail cars”, these are so small, they only hold 2 or 4 people in them and there is a group who go around and ride railroad tracks that are not in use any more.
Today we started with our free breakfast at the lodge in their breakfast buffet. We were so anxious to start we went to breakfast at 7:10, but did not have to report to work until 8:30. We worked with another couple; our job was to clean 3 cabins (they only get cleaned after the customers check out). Some one from the laundry goes around and strips all the sheets and takes all the towels out and leaves us fresh laundry. We then go and work as a team cleaning it, no cabin is very big, so with 2 of you working, it is relatively easy, Dave does the “bull work” and I do the wiping down and checking of the lights, TV, smoke alarm, etc. We have a check list and when it is done we report back via a radio. After all 3 were completed, we cleaned up the area outside and then I checked the first aid kits and made a list to get them up to date.
Last night they had a “pot luck dinner” for all the work campers and the season RVers. Since we are the “new kids on the block”, we were told not to bring anything. Wow, there are a lot of fun people here and we really felt welcome. Today some of our fellow workampers went on a hike, they invited us to go, but we had to work, maybe next time.
After our six hours of work, (including our break and lunch time), we got back to the MH and Kate took Bonnie for her walk along the river. Today, Bonnie decided to wade into it, like she does at home in the pool, she put her head under the water and blew bubbles! Then she drank some of the very cold water and decided it was time to go back to the bank and sniff all the wonderful smells of the wildlife.
This job has lots of neat perks! Breakfast on days that we work, discount in the rather large gift shop (Olga…Kate has you covered) and lots of great coworkers just to name some of them.
Back at the MH, Kate decided to go out to say Hi to one of the horses that has taken to her, it seems that whenever Kate is out there by the coral, this particular horse comes over to let her pet it. Kate spoke to “Ronnie”, another of the wranglers and he said that is “Sugar”. He is trying to put some weight on her, but if Kate would like, she can go along on a ride and take Sugar. The rides are one hour or two hours long and they have a nice trail that they take. Because we are “workampers” here, we can go along for a trail ride when ever they have room and we can even go along on a raft trip as well. Apparently, this river is very calm and they float down to South Fork, our fellow workampers said it is an easy gliding ride, with no rapids, but you do usually get wet, after all, you are in a raft! Back to the horses, while Kate was talking to Ronnie, he asked if we would mind helping them “run the horses”. Every morning and afternoon they take the 13 horses across the highway, when they do this you need people on the highway to make sure the horses go straight across to their barn and pasture for the night. Dave and I stood on the highway while all 13 horses ran by us across the road, wow was that exhilarating!
The railroad tracks here are neat; the only real traffic on them is a guy in a small maintenance car with a “trailer”. Apparently there are groups who have small “rail cars”, these are so small, they only hold 2 or 4 people in them and there is a group who go around and ride railroad tracks that are not in use any more.
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