Where To Go Next

After visiting the Mormon Lake Lodge and talking to the Manager there, we began thinking about where we want to spend the winter and the seasons beyond. Our original thought had been Florida for the winter. Josie has family there and we have never spent more than a short vacation anywhere in the state. It would have to be in the southern part of Florida since the winters can get pretty cold in areas north of central Florida. Anyway, we did send out some feelers over the last couple weeks and have gotten less than stellar responses so far. It may be because it is still early to seek those jobs or that most of the resorts and parks have the same people coming back every year and they don't need new couples. We will keep that option open.

Our plan was to possibly go to Alaska next summer while we are still young enough and healthy enough. If we go to Florida, it makes for a long journey to Alaska when the season ends. So now, we are considering something possibly along the coast in California, Oregon or in Western Washington. One thing we will need to do between jobs is schedule a visit to our daughter, Patty, and her family outside Chicago before starting the next job. We miss seeing our grand kids so that will be a given. Probably, the best way to do that is to stay in one of our Thousand Trails campgrounds for free and leave the fifth wheel there while we fly to Chicago. Anyway, we are starting to plot the next 9 -12 months.

The weather continues to be ideal with a high yesterday of 81 and low of 54. We haven't had any rain from the Monsoon for 5 days now and that is nice. We are off to work at 8 this morning and scheduled till 3. That is a little longer than usual day for us since we normally are off at 1 or 2. They are trying to get us the 35 hours per week that we were promised when we took the job. So far we have been averaging about 30-32 hours per week. The reason is that the management hired one more person for the front desk than is actually required so the hours are being spread more evenly. Oh, well...