Thursday the 14th
We spent the day relaxing and walking around the park with the dogs. Spotty showers all day and very cold. We got the electric heater out to supplement the propane furnaces.Friday the 15th
We had our Camp Host orientation this morning with Ranger Patty and Ranger Tess and received our golf cart and tools. We now have three manuals – Host, Safety and Money Handling for when we sell firewood or work at the small camp store.
After meeting with Rangers Patty and Tess we grabbed our new Park Volunteer vests, put on our Volunteer hats and set off to work. We started out in campsite #1, raking up all the deadfall and branches, cleaning out the fire pit and sweeping off the table. Bigger branches went into the woods to become compost while the smaller stuff was raked to the side leaving each site fresh and looking well tended. The last thing we do is to put a small rock on top of the fire pit grill to signify that the site was ready for use.
We worked our way through the first 18 sites which brought us to our site, half way through the 36 sites on our loop. Tess had brought me a replacement faucet for our site, so I took a few minutes and replaced it so we could have full pressure. The old valve was leaking pretty badly. Once that was done we turned on the water full pressure and had good water in the rig, especially for showers!
Once that was done, I spent half an hour putting tool holders on our personal park vehicle which we call our "Wog Wheels", so named in honor of our LA friends Don and Diane. By this time we had put in over nine hours.
We need to work a combined total of about 5-6 hours a day to meet our 28 hour a week requirement. Tina made a great dinner and except for having to go close the park gate at 9PM, we settled in for the night.
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