More Signs of Slowing Season

Our working partner for Tuesdays and Wednesdays - Jim - was not feeling too well last night. He purchased a home - $82K for a single wide trailer - and he was sore from moving himself over the last few days. He is a divorced 38 year old and had been living with his parents until they recently moved to St George, UT, leaving him to find his own place. He was complaining the whole night until our General Manager, Mike, told him to go home and not to worry about getting paid for the lost time. That was at about 7:45 last night. Business was slow, and we could certainly handle the rest of the night ourselves.

Just a note on Jim's new residence. The $82K he paid for a single wide trailer is outrageous and is another example of the ridiculous prices of real estate in Jackson. The trailer is also on leased land! Can you imagine paying that kind of money for a used trailer that would normally cost in the $15-20K range, and not even own the land it sits on?

I have mentioned the slowing business and the fact that there are fewer customers in the lodge. I took these shots to show the RV park this morning and how many empty spots there are vs a totally full park just a couple weeks ago:

 and then this shot of the lodge parking lot as seen from our fifth wheel:

If you take away our truck in the picture, it doesn't leave too many occupied spaces.

It is actually to the point in the lodge where we can get by with just 2 individuals working the front desk instead of the 3 people we now have scheduled for most of the daily shifts.

You can also see from the above shots that our crystal clear and blue skies are back. The smoke and haze has almost totally disappeared and that is good news.

We have scheduled another trip to Idaho Falls this Thursday to get a few things done. We keep getting our "low tire pressure" warning light in the Jeep and we need to make sure it is not the new tires causing the light to come on, but rather a problem with the Tire Pressure Monitoring System. We also need to refill one of our propane tanks that we have been using for the whole year and finally emptied. We know we can get it a lot cheaper outside of Jackson. Add in some needed toiletries, and we can justify the trip. It should be a beautiful drive if the weather stays clear.

Today is our "Friday" at work and it seems like this week went very fast...