Summer Haircut

When the temperature is up to 124°, then it's time to chop my hair off.

No more sweaty hair sticking to my neck. Went to Pahrump Nevada with a friend yesterday and got the haircut.

It's Been Awhile

Sitting outside my dorm in Death Valley. Been working at Stovepipe Wells, since last June. So many stormy clouds tonight, I don't think there's a chance to see the moon. But the air feels nice with a slight breeze. It's March so I won't freeze.



 
Today I went riding around with my friend Cindy. She showed me where the original spot for the "WELL" for the Stovepipe Wells area was. We both don't understand why the village wasn't closer to the Well. Why would you find a water hole in this HOT dry barren desert, and then make a village 10+ miles away?

Anyways I plan on staying here for 1 more year. Next year in March, I will probably think about different locations to travel to. For now, I will continue being a desert-rat. I just hope the heat this coming Summer isn't as brutal as it was last year. 130 degrees is not something I can do every summer for the rest of my life.

Ooh, and tonight my roomie is packing up to leave. She is moving somewhere Southeast of here with her boyfriend. Which means I will have a room to myself for awhile.

2018

Hello everyone, The last few years I have been all over the country. 2015...went to work at Mt Rushmore for the Summer season, Then 2015-2016 Winter season I went to Death Valley. Summer of 2016, I went to Yellowstone but I left early. So from mid-July to September 1st, I stayed in Cedar City Utah. The picture below is from a park in Cedar City that I loved to visit. It wasn't there when I lived here in the 80's.

Then I came back to work in the Desert View area of the Grand Canyon National Park...I love this area of the park. So quiet and remote. Well some personal issues popped up (that I won't get into) and I ended up leaving AZ. Went to stay with an aunt in Georgia for about 2.5 months. Then got a car from her neighbors and moved to Brunswick, Georgia. I stayed in Georgia till Thanksgiving then took a greyhound bus back to AZ. See my car stopped working a few months after I bought it. So now I am working in the general store in Tusayan. I like the job, but hate the housing situation...so hoping to save $$$ to move again. Actually I already applied for couple jobs inside the park.

I am still here

Yes, it's been a long time since I posted anything on this blog. I left NH, to return to AZ, in March 2014. Then I moved to Las Vegas in Nov 2014. Now I am applying to variety of seasonal jobs. I had a phone interview yesterday for a prep cook/waitress job @ Cliff Dwellers Lodge at Marble Canyon, AZ. It's near Lees Ferry...about 45 minutes South of Page, AZ. Usually I hate interviews, but this was more like the guy telling me about the company & wanting to make sure I could handle living in isolation. Oh believe me, I thrive better in isolation better then most people I know. The guy said he would call at a later date after he figures out the exact start date...sometime in late February. Now while I was at the Desert View are of the Grand Canyon, last year I had picked up some historical books on that area, and had wanted to explore it for myself. Now I might get my chance to do that.

For: Military Families

For anyone still following me, I have been back in my hometown of Plymouth NH, living with family. My brother retired from the USAF after 25 years and he has hired a company to have his own personal fireworks on his property.

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Heading Back to Arizona

I applied to jobs with Xanterra again this month..jobs in Crater lake, Zion and a job at the Grand Canyon. Well after finally filling out all the needed info on the website, I finally got a job offer at the Grand canyon 4 days later. Not the job I applied for but still...it only took them 4 days to offer me a job. WOW, I have personally heard the HR staff tell people that it takes at least 4 weeks to hear anything; and it only took me 4 days. I guess I should look at thaat in a positive light. :) I start back to work there on July 16th. I am leaving Cooper Landing on July 2nd, to go spend a couple days in Anchorage and then I fly out to Phoenix on July 5th. My brother paid for the plane ticket and prices get jacked up after the 5th. So I'm trying to arrange a schedule to visit a friend in Prescott for a few days, and then spend a few days in Flagstaff and then maybe a couple days visiting another friend in Williams before I start work. Right now it's almost midnight in Alaska, but you can walk all around the yard without a flashlight. I love the fact that it doesn't really get dark here, but I also love the sunsets at the Grand canyon. But it gets so dark in Arizona after a sunset. I guess in order to enjoy a sunset I will have to tolerate the darkness again. There was a few things I had wanted to do at the canyon before and never gotten around to do them; guess I'm getting a second chance to check off more items on my bucket-list now.

New Friend- Willow the Mule

I'm riding a HUGE mule named Willow. She was so big I needed help getting on & off of her. Once I was on her, she didn't seem so big. The wranglers chose this mule for me because she is good with kids and anyone who is not used to riding. But someone really needs to invent a padded saddle, cuz my butt still hurts this morning. Not sure how the mule-packers & tour guides can ride everyday....course someone on facebook told me that your butt gets tenderized and toughens up when you ride alot.

Well I can cross the mule-ride off my bucket list now, and I have no desire to do it again. My mule was great but the saddle was not. Not sure how I am going to work today...glad I only have a 1/2 shift today.

Today I woke up to snow outside and some very cold wind...glad I ain't riding a mule today :)