Shuffle at Work

The impact of the inspection on Tuesday was felt yesterday when we arrived at work and discovered some changes. The first change, and not necessarily as a result of the inspection, was that one of our maintenance people was asked to leave. Of course, when he was asked to leave his wife immediately resigned and the two of them left the resort together as we were about one hour into our shift. That left us without our main housekeeping person. It appears that Josie will get some extra hours helping out to clean cabins until a longer term solution can be had. We'll have to see what other schedules are affected.

The inspection, as we are told, was almost a repeat of last year's inspection. We may have to shut down our banquet room as a result of items that were not fixed from last year. That means two more people will have to leave - the bartender in the banquet room and her husband, the entertainer who plays the guitar and sings on the weekends. You'd think that the ownership would spend a few bucks to bring things up to code to keep business coming in. Oh, well. Don't get me wrong, the lodge is in fine condition but there are some (hidden) County codes that have not been met. Most of these pertain to the way the bar is set up. Anyway, we'll adapt to whatever changes they want to make.

We did receive an inquiry from Denali Park in Alaska for jobs next summer. They have two lodges and have asked us if we would be interested in roles at either of the lodges. We don't have a lot of information about it yet but they would like the couple to come up on September 1st to the 21st of this year to prepare for the job beginning in May, 2010, and lasting all summer. We couldn't make two trips to Alaska so unless they change the requirement for a visit this year, we'll have to pass. We will get more information though. It is a goal of ours to work in Alaska as soon as possible - while we are still young enough and healthy enough to travel there. Our resume is on a couple Workamping databases and we get inquiries based upon our desired locations and work experience. This experience at Happy Jack has been very valuable for future jobs and we expect to have excellent references as a result.

Just a side note about the weather yesterday - we hit a record high (since we've been here) of 92 with a low of 50.

More later...