God bless America.
Starting last Thursday, it was our 2nd four day stint at "work". The Pool and Hot Tub are open now and that has added duties for me. Clean the pool / hot tub deck, vacuum the pool, clean the filters, check the chemical levels and adjust. Also the irrigation system is up and running, they literally have underground sprinklers throughout the entire resort. The filters need to be cleaned once a day. Pretty easy, fun kind of work. Jo-Ann the boss lady is great. She is a firecracker and along with her husband Walter, they work their asses off to get this place in order for the season and keep it this way. Here is a pic in my ORANGE work vest. Way too much orange.......
It gets a little warm on hot days and I revert back to a t-shirt !! Friday we had a ton of check ins and that is the part I like about our jobs. You get to meet all kinds of people from all over the place. Everything from people in $500 campers and a car that should not have made it here to Half a million dollar Class A diesel pusher rig. Some are just coming up from Missoula for the weekend, and some are stopping by on their way to Alaska !! In my job, I escort them from the office reception area to their sites and make sure they get in their site and hooked up. This can take anywhere from about 5 minutes up to about an hour depending on how interesting their story is !! LOL. OR if there are other rigs waiting for their sites..... One of our co-workers found this beautiful butterfly under a pine tree in front of the office. It looked like a Monarch, but then had some very beautiful colors on the bottom of its wings. I think we determined it was a Swallow Tail Butterfly. It did not look well and we placed him in the freshly watered flowers. In about an hour or so he looked better and flew away. We named him Ralph. We swear we see him all over the park..... ?
After all the running around getting everyone checked in on Friday, Saturday and Sunday were pretty quiet. A few Ice Creams sold, some people wanting to stay longer, etc.... Monday was busy with check outs and setting up for out Memorial Day Potluck Picnic. Rain was threatening, so we set up both outside and inside, and of course the rain came and we were stuck inside. It wasn't pouring, but just enough that we could not be outside. We did have about 60 in the rec room and it was a great time with good friends........
We made our "Texas Beef Brisket Beans", which is my Mothers baked bean recipe with some yummy Competition Beef Brisket chopped up in it. It must have been good because it disappeared at an alarming rate ! Guess we will have to make a double batch next time. Some of us got carried away...... Paul ! LOL.
Tuesday was a R and R day. We woke up and played pickle ball all morning, swam in the pool, lounged in the hot tub, had lunch, took a shower, then a nap and next thing you know we were late for Happy hour !! About a perfect day !!
More soon..............................
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