After working on Friday, reacquainting ourselves with the store and going through a refresher course on the register, we were pretty spent. We were glad that we were given the weekend off plus Monday (3 days) to catch up on our rest and slowly acclimate to the altitude. Both of us had sore throats and generally felt lethargic and tired. We decided that getting checked out at the Mammoth Clinic at Mammoth Hot Springs was a good idea, so Saturday morning we headed west. The Nurse Practitioner gave us an all clear on being contagious and told us it was allergies. It seems that the Pine pollen s heavy here and we need a good rain to clear the air. Lots of other things blooming as well. So we got some Claritin and started taking it. Today is some what better.
The most burning question we have had so far is - "How is the food this year?" We are happy to report so far, so good. Our cook is Nelson. He is from upper state New York. A really nice guy and a good chef. He has cooked for DNC before and loves that he has only 40 people to cook for. His nephew Josh came with him and he is the 2nd cook and dishwasher. Both nice guys and are pleased that Bud is a Yankee fan. We have had just a couple of breakfasts so far and he offered to cook our eggs any way we wanted them (nice change for the scorched offerings we had last year). He made a great corned beef the other day for lunch and pork chops yesterday. We have our big meal at lunch everyday and then lighter fare for dinner (pizza, soup, salad, sandwiches, hot dogs, etc). The dining room is set up a little differently this year - it seems more efficient. Looking forward to Bud putting on a few pounds and me NOT.
We have two families of black bear this year. One momma has 3 cubs and another momma has 2 cubs. So cute!! We saw the two cubs climbing the trees below the store on Friday late afternoon. Didn't have the camera handy. (This year the smaller camera will stay in my pocket for such occasions as this.) We saw a big grizzly as we passed over Dunraven Pass. He was quite a crowd stopper. As a matter of fact, one lady tried to do a U-turn to go back to see him and the front end of her car dropped off the road into the soft, shifting dirt and the bottom of her car was flat on the pavement. A very large man tried to put his weight on the trunk of the car to " teeter-totter" it, but too much road was under the car. TOW TRUNK - BROKEN AXLE - OH, MY!!
We will try to highlight a different co-worker with each blog so you can get to know everyone by name and position. Thirteen of us are return employees from last year and many of our co-workers are returners from other stores and some from years past.
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