we're still kicking

We are still alive and kicking, as they say, just very busy. Our camphosts here in Big Meadows had to leave because of the high altitude...ends of fingers turning blue. So Jim is doing all the work here and at Tucker Ponds, and cleaning the restrooms at the boat ramp here and up at Shaw Lake. Just heard the road to Lobo just opened, so he will have to go up there and clean that restroom also. I say, "up there" as it is a beautiful lookout up the side of a mountain and is about 12-13,000 feet high. You have a grand view all the way to New Mexico on a clear day, but it is a long drive to spiff up the floor and load up six rolls of toilet paper!!!.

I take care of all the paperwork for this campground and also for the weekly reports for the district, as we have seven campgrounds we supervise, but we do have camp hosts at most of the other campgrounds.

We had a delightful couple of days with Fay and Jay (and Lulu, of course). We met them in Pagosa Springs for dinner one night (at Boss Hog's-Hog's Breathe) and then they came over Wolf Creek Pass to visit us at Big Meadows. We drove them around the area, had lunch and enjoyed wonderful conversations. It is always so wonderful to see fellow SKPs and especially to connect with classmates.

Last year there was two camphost couples in Big Meadows beside the Area Managers, this year there will be just Jim and I for the rush of 4th of July. All our reserved camp sites are already filled and we have three non-reserved spots that will be filled for that weekend. So we have 18 spots left and we will be filled and we can put up our "campground filled" sign up.....that's our goal....we want to be able to put that sign up a couple of times this year. (I'm really envious of Bill and Lesle because at their job at Colorado City KOA they are filled every night!!!)

Well, I'm off to help out Jim by raking up a couple of sites and cleaning a couple of restrooms ---he's off to South Fork to pick up 5 case of toilet paper in preparation for the holiday.

See why I haven't posted much to our blog....it's all about cleaning restrooms and raking sites...not too interesting. We're not going to play tourist anywhere...in fact, I'm not sure when we will even get a day off!

But this place here in Big Meadows is beautiful and serene - an absolutely gorgeous place to spend the summer. This is our rig in the campground; how's that???

I get one bar with my antenna hooked to our aircard, so uploading a photo takes almost 10 minutes, but I will try to be better at posting and try to find something else to talk about than cleaning restrooms and raking camp sites.

Happy 4th to you all and remember, you are loved!!!