Back to "work"

We arrived at our scheduled time to HR in Gardiner and fortunately we had filled out all of our papers correctly and were processed through pretty quickly.  We had been praying that we could have a cabin with our own private bath (which is a rare commodity).  When we were told we had a few choices we could make we held our breath hoping for the "desire of our hearts".  Sure enough one of the choices the HR rep said we might be interested in was a married couples cabin at Grant Village.  We could hardly believe it.  Then we had a choice of kitchen work or room assistant (maid service).  We opted for the room assistant.  It took us about an hour and a half to drive down to Grant Village (south end of the park).  It rained pretty hard all the way and we saw a few bison - not impressive enough to stop and take pictures today.  The snow fall this year was heavier than it's been since the 1920's.  We were very surprised to see the Yellowstone River overflowing into reservoirs that have always been dry.  We met our personnel managers and then our housekeeping boss.  We were given a choice of cabins - 1 with the young kids not old enough to drink or one near the "pub".  We chose the one with the young kids.  The manager was so happy - she said that cabin was one of the nicer ones.
Now let me say that Bud and I are accustomed to rustic - I've spent time in Africa and Moldova and Bud spent time at Paris Island - we've seen rustic.  But then you have 1932 RUSTIC!!!  Don't feel sorry for us.  We knew what we were in for.  So we vacuumed, cleaned the bathroom facilities, made the beds with our new linens, comforters and blankets and decided to give it the good old American try!!
Tomorrow is orientation and job safety class.  Our uniform trousers should be here in the afternoon tomorrow - but never fear, bluejeans and our uniform shirts will do very nicely we are told and we will spend tomorrow afternoon working.  We will have a buddy the first few days then be on our own.
Don't want to make any snap decisions or comments about the food ...yet!!

So here are a few pictures of our cabin. 

  GINNY'S SIDE OF THE ROOM.  SINK NEXT TO THE BED.  BATHROOM WITH TOILET AND SHOWER TO THE LEFT OF THE MIRROR.  IN THE BATHROOM WE HAVE AN EXHAUST FAN AND TWO 40 WATT LIGHT BULBS.

                OUR MATCHING CLOSETS.  ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN WE EXPECTED.

    BUD'S SIDE OF THE ROOM.  HE HAS A FLOOR LAMP TO HIS LEFT.  MORE OF THE CUSTOM PEELING PAINT MOTIF.

  THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR (ESCAPE HATCH).  THERE IS A SPACE HEATER, 4 WINDOWS AND "CUSTOM PEELING PAINT ON THE WALLS.  OH, AND THAT'S "THE" CHAIR.

We were told that the snow this year was so heavy (10 ft) around the cabins and dormitories that windows actually broke on the first floor of the dorms.  It didn't melt until about a month ago.  Everything is wet, wet, wet and the mosquitoes are very thick.  We were told not to get too comfortable because in about 3 weeks the college students will be leaving and they will be closing down the cabins.  At that point in time we will move to the dorms.  We have been told that the dorms are very nice compared to the cabins.  An older gentleman, Roy, who works maintenance here was going to show a dorm room to Bud today but decided not to.  He was afraid we would leave if we saw what we were missing.