We are off today and are taking our new young friends from Taiwan with us to Old Faithful. They have no transportation, so on some of our days off we will take them around the park. They are so sweet. We love to tell them facts about Yellowstone - they all act so surprised at everything we say, then cover their mouths with their hands, giggle and say in unison "Really?". They are so cute. Their names are Phoebe, Clara, Sandy and Jean. All are Finance/Business students and are very smart. All the kids from Taiwan and Columbia are so happy. The young man from the UK doesn't appear to be as glad to be here as everyone else. Hope to get to know him better.
Our kitchen situation has changed - again!! We still have the head chef and Sam, from the UK has become the 2nd line cook. He has no experience but is willing to learn. His specialty so far is grilled cheese sandwiches and soup - what can I say??????? We have some young girls who are working in the kitchen also. They have grilled chicken and hamburgers so far. AND all of them have spaghetti and pasta down real good!! Haven't heard any more about the Norovirus except 150 employees on the park and 50 guest had it. We were lucky I guess. The Xantera employees were the sickest I believe - they actually dealt with the bus group that stayed in their hotels who brought it into the park.
We have had a good week. Our late schedule was changed and instead of working from 1;-9:30PM we are working from Noon-6:30PM last week and this week. It cuts our time by one hour each day - but everyone is taking turns in rotating their schedule. On the 4th of July the road construction ended for several days and our customer count increased tremendously. We have thunderstorms that knocked out tall but one of our registers and credit card machines temporarily. The store was so crowded you could hardly move. It was stuffy and people were in no hurry to leave because of the hail and rain. Transactions done in the midst of the power failure were lost and the customers had already left the store. I guess that is part of the "Yellowstone Shopping Experience".
Our nights have really cooled down with the rains occurring in the afternoons. We have lows in the upper 30's and lower 40's in the morning until about noon, then it rises to the low 70's. Pretty ideal actually!! We understand that it has been rainy and humid in Tennessee - so sorry we're missing that. HaHa!!
Wished I had my camera yesterday. A mother deer with her two spotted fawns were across the street from the store She stood posed with the little ones nursing,---then the silly tourist started approaching her and she ran off. The small fawns got separated from her but after a few seconds she jumped the fence and led them behind our store. It was raining and I had to go out to our trailer for more coats. I watched her for a few minutes and then she left with her babies.
When I posted on July 4th, I mentioned the bison with the gimpy right leg passing us while we were posting on the internet. There were motorcyclist approaching him and he got caught between cars and motorcycles. He was not happy-----he headed straight for the bikers and they hopped off their cycles and hid behind the cars that were close to them. After a few minutes he took a sharp left and headed up the hill - bad leg and all. Here are the two pictures we took of him.
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