Category Archives: Work

Praise the Lord!!!

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I have been really stressed lately about the fact that we didn’t have a job lined up for this winter.  Our job here ends on October 19th and the only jobs I was finding offered no pay other than a site for our RV or they were in the wrong part of the country.  I had originally thought I wanted to be in Mississippi or Alabama this winter, but when I couldn’t find work there I expanded to the entire southeastern United States.  I put our resume out and made inquiries and no one responded. Continue reading →

We’re not the only ones who work around here!

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I thought I should tell a little bit about what the others do around here since the season is winding down.  Actually it isn’t going to feel much like it’s winding down this weekend because we have sixty three campers checking in for Labor Day weekend today. Continue reading →

Workamper Fabrics

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My friends and co-workers, Katherine Plahmer and Rosanne Curran, are also quilters.  Each of them has taken me to Barn Door Quilts in Sturgeon Bay.  In fact, Rosanne went to school with the owner so she introduced me to her.  I have been to a couple of quilt stores here in Door County and have hoped they’d have some fabric that typified Door County.  The closest I’ve come is cherry fabric and nautical fabric.   Continue reading →

Forewarning

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Today was the last day of our work week, but this weekend isn’t going to be fun and games as usual.  Remember all that training Mark got to be an RV inspector?  He’s been working on his final training and the next two days he has to do two premier mock inspections.  We are going to be so busy I doubt I’ll have time to write, so this is a brief check in. Continue reading →

Car show

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This has been our first big weekend of the season at Wagon Trail Campground. Yesterday (Saturday) Mark and I had an inkling that the bathrooms were going to be full when we did our morning rounds, so we started half an hour earlier.  The bathrooms were crowded and we were barely able to do our job, so this morning we tried going in at 7:00.  They were still crowded, and Mark and I were both dragging all day from lack of sleep.  We have finally decided that there’s no beating the mad rush for the showers, so from now on we’ll stick to checking at 8:00 just deal with the crowds as best we can. Continue reading →

Opening day!

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Considering how much we had cleaned the last two days, we were only expected to do a quick walk through at 8:00 this morning, noon, and 8:00 this evening.  When we finished our noon rounds, Tim asked if we’d like to work more this afternoon.  The person who cleans the yurts is either not here yet or hasn’t started, and Tim needed help so we agreed to help right after lunch.   Continue reading →

Second day of training

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After my last post with pictures, one of my readers asked me what the purpose of hex signs are on a barn.  There is some disagreement as to whether there is some meaning to them or whether they are just decorations.  If anyone else is curious, here is a link to a Wikipedia article on hex signs:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_sign. Continue reading →