A Typical Work Day

Cheryl's News From Camp Webegone
Friday, September 9, 2016

If there is such a thing as a typical work day it would go something like this.

Rich, Mimi and I wake up. First off, Mimi asks to go outside to check out the great outdoors. I imagine she is hoping for a wandering mouse or chipmunk. After the three of us eat breakfast, Rich and I sit and read. Mimi looks for a sunny spot for a little nap.

Around 10:00 a.m., Rich and I begin our morning work round. Gathering the rake and backpack stuffed with toilet paper, paper towels, gloves and 409 we head out of camp on foot to clean the seven pit toilets. Enroute if there is a vacant campsite we do campsite clean up: pick up micro-debris which includes a lot of cigarette butts, sweep off the table and benches and rake the site. Next we walk the Upper Rogue Trail behind the campground picking up micro-

Cascade Lily along the trail.

debris. This is best part for me. It is really an excuse to walk along the Rogue River. The morning work round takes about an hour and half to two hours depending on the number of empty campsites.

Now it is lunch time. Yeah! Reading follows eating. If the weather is fine about 2:00 p.m. we go for a hike or other outdoor adventures. And if the weather is not so fine. Well, more reading of course.

Dinner time is followed by evening work round. We grab our bicycles and clip board and zoom around camp gathering vehicle license plate numbers, type of recreational vehicle, number of tents and the campers planned exit date. We also answer any questions posed by campers.

Rich and I wind down in the evening by watching a movie/DVD on a computer.The days go very fast. A common non camp related question, don't you get bored? In truth, there is not time to be bored. Rich and I love the flow of our work and off duty time.