Yesterday Kathy asked if she could see Mark and me in her office and I thought, “Oh, oh!” However, she only wanted to ask if we’d like to see a free play tonight. She said she and Tim would cover our evening rounds if we wanted to go, so we jumped at the opportunity. Our co-workers, Susan and Cherie also went and we followed them to the theater. Continue reading
Today was Mark’s and my anniversary. Yep, seven years ago today we eloped! So how did we spend our anniversary? We did a quick job of morning rounds and then we… Continue reading
Today was to have been our touring day and we loaded our bicycles on the back of the truck, but we never got “a round tuit”. We did, however, take pictures of various stops we made on our way to and from the VA in Green Bay. Here are today’s pictures… Continue reading
Mark spent the entire day on his Harley, going to Green Bay to get new tires and then stopping at the Wisconsin Motorcycle Memorial. When he returned it was dinner time so we went out to Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant & Butik in Sister Bay. Here are images from today: Continue reading
Today the Aliners held an open house and everyone was welcome to go. The open house went all day but Mark and I were only able to go between our morning rounds and our afternoon cleaning. Still, they were gracious about letting me take pictures so I could show you what these campers look like inside and out. Continue reading
This weekend we have a group of A-liners staying at Wagon Trail Campground. They’re having an A-liner rally. They’ve been coming in throughout the week, but today most of the rest of them arrived. “What is an A-liner?” you might be asking yourself. I grabbed a picture off Google images to show you: Continue reading
I had meant to explore southern Door County Sunday after church, but the wind was so cold I put it off for today. I was mostly on a mission to find some of the Belgian roadside chapels, but we made some other stops too. Continue reading
Things have been a bit of a whirlwind this last few days, as you might suspect, so I have some leftover stories to tell… Continue reading
Those of you who have been following my blog for a while may remember how upset I was about a year ago when a reporter from Harpers classified Workampers as senior citizens who have to work to survive and get taken advantage of by their employers. Another reporter compared Workampers to the Joad family from Grapes of Wrath or to Woody Guthrie. A rash of reporters began contacting Workamper News asking for people to interview so I offered to be one of those people. Several months ago I was contacted by John Glionna of the LA Times who, at the time, was looking for a modern migrant worker-type story and I told him if he wanted to interview me he had to tell the story like it is. He agreed to interview Mark and I and two other Workampers and do our stories justice, so this weekend he and a photographer from the LA Times, Francine Orr, are here following us around and asking us all sorts of questions about our lifestyle. I believe he’ll write a good story. I’ve asked him to do a guest blog: telling a little about himself, explaining his story idea and what he’s hoping to get out of this. I’ll let you know when his story is published so that you can find a copy of the LA Times and read it if you so desire. And now, without further ado, here’s John… Continue reading
Today I had a couple places I wanted to see, but we actually got more in than I had expected. I had seen in the local paper that there’s a Mahjongg group at the YMCA in Fish Creek. I have played the game on the computer so I wanted to see it in real life. Continue reading