We Got the Job

Jolene and I found out about the opening at the Old Faithful Visitor Center Bookstore, applied, interviewed, and accepted the offer. We are looking forward to May when we arrive. This will be a new experience for us, the workamping thing is something we have wanted to do since we first heard the term. This is our first time.

We will be 'Kamping' in our 1997 35' Southwind. A great older motorhome, we bought it back last May. Somehow we were guided it seems. It is funny how life leads you down paths, you just have to be willing to be guided and follow your guide. Opportunities abound, be adventurous!

We will be Working in the Yellowstone Associatins bookstore at the visitors center at Old Faithful. http://tinyurl.com/58lvr4 This link is a live webshot of Old Faithful.

My plan is to update this weekly while getting ready go, and hopefully daily when we get there.

I will be taking some fly fishing lessons and Jolene will take a class on native plants and how early americans used them in medcine, food etc. We will both take a class onb the geology of Yellowstone. These will help us working with customers in the bookstore.

Some of my blog will focus on my attempts to learn fly fishing. From getting some equipment to learning knots, to maybe even landing a trout in a clear mountain stream.

Jolene is not comfortable as a computer person, so I will update her thoughts as related to me on the classes she takes.

Koda, our chihuahua is along for the ride, and how he loves rids, whether in the car, the motorhome or on the motorcycle, this pup loves travel. So, for this summer, he will be where the wild things are, on a leash and not left alone outside. To us he looks like our faithful companion, to the wildlife in Yellowstone, probably just a between meal snack.

Our plans for the time between now and May include finishing out the RV season here n AZ, then some us time, meet up wth friends in Zion for a few days, then up to Utah, stopping and camping in the Ogden area. We will spend a day or two atAntelope Island. I usually visit this island whenever visiting Jolene's family, and always wanted to camp there. There is a bison herd on the island as well as the antelope. They roam freely, so you may end up having one walk by your campsite. Our next campsite will be at Willard Bay. This is in north Ogden, and this is the first campground we visited, way back in 1972 in our first camper, just after we were married. This has been a long winding wonderful path.

From Willard Bay we will likely stop in the Idaho Falls area, get smoe food stocked up and be our last stop before arriving in Yellowstone on May the 12th.

All for now. Hope you enjoy our journey as we will.