I’m finally catching up on blogging about our weekend, Tuesday and Wednesday. We went shopping! Continue reading
Tag Archives: Workampers
We’re not the only ones who work around here!
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
A promise for spring
We have told everyone around here that we’re coming back next spring. Why? Let me count the reasons why: Continue reading
So nice to be appreciated and wanted!
We find ourselves in an enviable position. We are wanted in two different places next summer! Here’s the scoop… Continue reading
The first day of summer
I’m not saying that it felt like summer today, but I had a bit of a glow on. I experienced some things today I’ve never experienced before…a turtle laying eggs and the burning of the winter witch! Continue reading
Guest blog: John Glionna
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
I knew there was something special about this place!
A couple days ago I went “visiting” to my new neighbors and co-workers. I got to go inside Judy’s and Susan’s RVs, and as I was leaving Susan’s she said she had to plant some flowers in her yard. I realized she was talking about the area outside her RV and I had an epiphany… Continue reading
Potluck
Today Tim and Kathy told us to just do a glorified walk-through of the bathrooms (what some would call “a lick and a promise”) so that we could participate in the annual potluck. This is when as many of the staff and the seasonals as are here get together for a party. Continue reading
Second day of training
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
First day on the job
The campground opens in two days and three people are registered to spend this weekend here, so today Mark and I started helping with cleaning in preparation for the beginning of the season. Continue reading