Nice, Quiet Christmas

Our Christmas was very nice and very quiet. The snow actually made for a special Christmas that was very different from recent years. There are only a few people staying in this park and it looks like most of them only parked their rigs here to visit family in the area. We had the park pretty much to ourselves while enjoying the snow. The total accumulation was probably only an inch or so, but it was enough. Today it is very cold - 28 degrees - and the wet snow from yesterday is now ice.

We expect to get our parts ordered tomorrow for the fix on our jacks and, hopefully, they will arrive on Tuesday and get installed right away. We can then leave for warmer weather (we hope) further south on Wednesday. At this point, we don't have a stop lined up for Wednesday because we aren't 100 % sure we can leave by then. It all depends on the repairs.

There are a few places we wanted to go while here, but with the icy roads it may force us to stay inside. Josie also has come down with a cold and isn't feeling much like going out anywhere. It is probably a good time to relax and just enjoy the time off. It's nice to have the option right now and we are enjoying all the free time before moving on. Later...

Nice Day, Good Company

We have 2 couples next to us - one on each side - that we worked with in Cody and came to work the same dates we are working. They both (Karen & George and Brenda & Hank) are only going to work part time, but it is nice to have friends around to do things with. Yesterday morning started with a coffee gathering outside our rig. That's Karen and Brenda with Josie:

I think I mentioned the cute dog that Brenda & Hank own in one of the posts from Cody. They purchased the dog last year while they were working in Cody, and named him Cody after the town. He is fun to watch playing in the grass with all the leaves and Josie treated him to a little bit of peanut butter on her finger:

and then he wouldn't let her alone:

We did some more paperwork for Amazon.com and took it to the campground office to be faxed to the HR people. Things are moving rapidly now leading up to our start on Monday with the "Meet and Greet" meeting. All of us are anxious to get started.

We have a trip planned today with all 3 couples. We will go in Hank & Brenda's Durango, since it will hold all of us and is good on gas. Tomorrow we hope to have some shots from our trip which is to some Civil War battleground areas and other areas that sound interesting. We're leaving shortly, so until then...