Getting On Our Feet

Well, we have had 2 days here at work. The first day was not much, just tours and safety training and some required paperwork. Today we had job training and a short time on the line working. We are on 5 hour days the rest of this week and probably next week too due to the current low volume of incoming shipments. But by the end of October, we can start to expect to be asked to work overtime. April will probably stay on 5 hour days until the 10 hour days are required. She is adjusting ok so far. I think it will be good once I get more time doing the receiving. Tomorrow we will be doing more. Today I just did a couple of items and the rest of the day I was helping a lady learn how to do it. I am ready to get going with it. The weather has worked out good too, finally. Last week upper 90's and one day 100, and now in the 70's. Much better, but cool for our morning walk to work, but better that being hot to start out the day. They put a sign-up for hay bales in the campground office today, so I guess I will have to figure that out. The campground is on a hill with little to block the wind. We got to see a couple of the other campgrounds that we could have ended up at and we are happy we are here. We will be walking or standing at our stations for the entire shift. It takes us about 10 minutes to walk through the plant-once we get in it- to get to the break room where our locker will be. And about 10 minutes or a little more to get into the building from our site. So we will be getting in our walking every day. It appears that there is not anything to really do here on our days off unless we drive an hour or so to get to a bigger city, such as Louisville, Lexington or Cave City areas-all about an hour or hour-and-a-half away. Not too far, but not close either. I will be ready to do something, especially with these short days and nice weather. This will be alot different than the last location.

Our New Place To Call Home

Well, here we are. This will be our home until Christmas. We will walk to work-most of the time-as it is close and we were told it is hard to get out of the parking lot and across the street-it takes longer to drive than walk. Here you will see our walk to work from the entrance to the park. It is about twice as far as it looks due to the hill. Also what we see on the way back after we cross the road. Then there is a picture from the corner by the road to our site-not too many rigs here yet or we wouldn't be able to see our site from here. And, of course, the rig from both sides. We went to Lowes today to get a rug and some flowers. It is about 100 degrees here today and all across the state they are breaking high temp records. You can only be out a few minutes at a time or you will be covered with sweat. I take the dog across the street from the campground entrance to find some grass, as that is where she likes to go. Supposed to only be 80 this weekend, hopefully.

Hot Tennessee Days and Nights

With near record temps at my brothers ranch, it was hard to find the energy to do just about anything. We were just sitting on a bench watching the Alpacas and sweating doing it(didn't do it for long)! Even the animals took it easy. Dennis had to rewire his garage for me to plug into so we could have air conditioning! Thanks! We needed it! We visited the unclaimed baggage store and found a couple of items. We also went to a "scratch and dent" store close to his house-gotta go there if you get a chance. I got to help (not much, mainly watch) move some Alpacas yesterday morning. Brandy wanted to help too, but only got to go back and forth in the bus watching us go by. Thanks Hidden Gem Ranch (www.hiddengemranch.com) for letting us enjoy your ranch and home. Here are a couple of photos we took.

My Old Kentucky Home?

Well, we're off again. This time to check out the new home in Kentucky and then on to Tennessee to visit my brother. We are staying at the park we will be living at starting next week. We picked out the spot tonight that we will be staying in, not much choice, but at least we had one. Good to be here early before all the "good" spots are gone. The internet works good. It is hot here and not much shade here in the open. We will run the air alot I guess while we are here. It is about 1/4 mile to work, so it will be easier to walk than drive as the parking lot is quite busy and will be faster to walk home. Good exercise too. Tennessee early tomorrow. I am sure my brother has big plans for us. Back here on Wednesday night as my brother has to leave wednesday afternoon to go to work. If it goes as planned, we will be in site #11. That is the one we picked out. See ya.

We Made It To Michigan!

We didn't have any troubles on the way to Michigan and made good time. We are in the process of downsizing our stuff we thought we might have needed and didn't. And of course, planning out what we need or will need for colder weather. We will go to Tennessee the end of this week and start work in Kentucky next week. April is doing alot of visiting while we are here. The next post should be the start of our fall 2010 adventures and a new chapter in our lives. At this time, we plan on being back in the Black Hills again next year. There is so much to do there and we have things we want to do yet. Summer is over and so is this first adventure. See you soon.

On The Road Again!

Well, we are loaded up and ready to hit the road in the morning. The weather is supposed to be nice, so we are going to leave the resort and head East a day early. Hopefully the new car dolly straps work. Went to lunch with the owners today and spent most of the afternoon getting road ready. Need to wash windows and mirrors tomorrow and check all lights and we will be off. Not sure how far we will travel. Depends on how things are going. I am sure it will be somewhere in Iowa, but not sure where. We will lose 2 hours on the way to Michigan. I bought some brats that the owner has here for bike week-they are good. When I get to Dad's, we will have a cook-out. Take care and see some of you soon! May the winds all be favorable for the trip.

More Oldies

Here is a couple more oldies.

We have started to gather and do some sorting and rearranging in preparation for travels to stop in Michigan, Tennessee and finally Kentucky. April will spend some time with friends from school and we will both spend time with family. We are ready to go especially since it is soooo slow now. Too much time on our hands. Our last day to work here will be Labor Day. That night we will go to the night blast at the Crazy Horse Memorial. Then Tuesday will be our last trip to Rapid City for any necessary items. When we get back, we will fill the LP tank, move to a spot where we can get the tow dolly and car attached and final items away for the trip. Wednesday morning we will hit the road--East bound! I hope we don't encounter the windy conditions we had on the way here. Starting to say good-byes too. We have plenty of items we want to do next time we are in this area that we didn't get to this time. Our new adventures will start as we get off this mountain and head east and south. We are both excited and nervous too, not knowing what to expect or what will come up on the way. But we are ready! Take care and see some of you soon. Tomorrow morning is the first day to have a chance of frost! It is cold and windy today with clouds that look like they have snow in them!

Rolling Oldies

Last weekend we had some of the rolling oldies stay at the resort. I got some of them before they went for a ride. It is really slow now and not much work. Not working nights at least during the week, maybe this holiday weekend. And only a few hours during the days.