Weekend Invasion

The invasion has begun. People started showing up early yesterday for the big holiday weekend. The biggest problem was the weather. It was overcast and raining lightly all morning and it appeared that the weekend would be a repeat of the Memorial Day weekend with the rain and mud problems. It did stop raining in the afternoon and we only had measurable rain of .04" for the day. This morning it is bright and clear - so far. We called the ranger station in Happy Jack early yesterday to get an official weather forecast for the weekend. They said that the rain chances would be diminishing as the weekend progressed. That was from a high chance of 50% on Friday to a low chance of 30% on Sunday. Those seemed like odds in favor of rain for the whole weekend but right now it looks like they were wrong. We hope so.

We are holding our breathe that the dump operates without a hitch. As you may recall, we had problems with the dump station a couple weeks ago when it backed-up so the lodge did a band-aid repair. The dump station was outfitted with a lock this week so that just adds to our problems making sure that the key gets passed from one user to the next and we don't lose the key. About half the expected crowd is already checked in so this morning should be hectic with the balance of the crowd arriving. We will be glad to see 2 o'clock arrive today when we finish our shift. The General Manager will be here helping this weekend so that should help make things run smoothly.

The restaurant is also open for its weekend evening dinners and Saturday and Sunday breakfasts. We expect large crowds for that also. Bob was certified on the tractor use so that means he will be on standby to operate the hayrides for the kids this weekend if needed. That about sums it up for now...