Substitutions at Work

Our favorite working partner, Donna, was off this weekend so she could visit a friend in Denver. Yesterday, we had a gentleman work with us - Harvey - whom we had not previously worked with. He is a lifetime hotel/hospitality individual with about 30-40 years experience working in the industry. He also doesn't own a home and lives in hotels wherever he works. The primary location for him is Daytona, FL, and he has been coming here for the summers for several years. He is staying here in a rented condo in a neighboring town - Victor, ID. Although a very different kind of individual, we enjoyed working with him and talking to him during lulls throughout the day.

We were off at 3 PM and just tried to catch up on home duties that were neglected during our 2 day trip to Montana. One of the common events that we have seen all summer long is the hang gliders that take off from the hill behind us and slowly drift down to the area directly behind us. I happen to catch these two as they started out from the top:

They weren't coming down very fast so I came back in to finish other duties.

Josie received a replacement phone for the one that died from the coffee soaking it received several weeks ago. We activated the new phone and she now has to get up to speed by reading the manual on all the features. That's something she does not like to do.

We have another different replacement for Donna today - Senne - who is an individual we have worked with before. She runs a winter tour business through Yellowstone with her Outfitter husband. It seems like all of the local employees - those that live here year round - are anxious for the summer crowds to go away. The winters are brutal here so that doesn't make much sense. We go to work knowing that each day will bring new experiences...