We had bid on several gate attendant jobs at a few lakes
near our kids and gkids for the winter.
Applying with the Corps of Engineers is no easy task. They called on Sept.20th to tell us we got
the bid at Russell Park on Lake Georgetown.
Yeah! We had to leave Ridgway
State Park in Colorado last Monday, Sept. 23rd in order to report to
our jobs and training on Oct. 1st.
It’s just a bit over 1,000 miles to Gtown. First night we dry camped at Russell Lakes
State Wildlife area. Nice place for an
overnight stop, no hook ups, no charge.
Second night we made it to Dumas, TX where they have a FREE overnight
city park with electric, water spicket available and dump station. Nice. Our
last night on the road we camped at Sweetwater Lake campground, only $10 with
water & electric. Now if we could
just find free or cheap diesel we would be okay.
We are all set up in our winter spot for the 6 months we’ve
contracted with the Corps. Work 4 days,
off 3. I’ll write more about our duties
in a later post. Attended the
training/meeting on Tuesday and met some wonderful staff and volunteers. We seem to be the only NEW gate attendants
this winter. I’m so glad we got our foot
in the door!
Because of the government shut down, the corps parks are
closed. Today is suppose to be our first
day on the job, but because the entrance gate is locked we’ll mainly be patrolling
the park a few times a day just to check on ……. Nothing. Easy peasy.
All campers were told to evacuate the park by 8:00pm on Tuesday. They told us we will still get paid because
the contracts have all been funded. But
not so for the employees at headquarters.
They locked their doors yesterday.
The campground ranger/manager is still working, somewhat, apparently the
computers have been taken down and there’s not a whole lot you can do without
that. Hopefully this mess will be
settled soon before it wrecks too much havoc.
Will post pics of our new digs once I find my camera.
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