Back To Work

Yesterday was our back-to-work-again day and it was busy as a result of the Labor day weekend. We expect it to really slow down though after this weekend and there should be mostly just tour business and not so many reservations. In the middle of September - around the 15th - we begin to close down 10+ cabins each week, until the end of the month when they all close for the season. Also, the employee discount program begins today which provides for all employees to take 50% off of every item left in the store. There are some pretty good deals and Josie has already stashed away some nice items to buy for when the sale starts.

Fall is definetly in the air. Temperatures are barely making it into the low 80's these days and we see more clouds than we have seen during the rest of the season. It makes for great sleeping weather though.

We are lining up the chores for the rest of the time we have left here - about 4 more weeks. The basement of our rig needs to be consolidated and I have to find a way to empty the back seat of the truck, once for and all. I have files and some other boots and miscellaneous stuff that I haven't used since we set out on this adventure. It's time to clean house.

We have also decided to take the southern route to Patty's house when we leave here in early October. That means taking I-80 through Nebraska and Iowa, instead of I-90 through South Dakota and Minnesota. We had originally planned to stop at Mt Rushmore, but now we don't want to take a chance on having a freak snow storm in early October that would cause problems traveling in that area. Instead of picking up I-90 in Buffalo, WY - after traveling through some mountains - we will pick up I-80 in Cheyenne, WY, and travel through no mountains. It makes more sense, and we will make South Dakota a destination for next year sometime. That's about it for now...