Well, haven't I just been the lazy heifer in getting back to this huh? August was a busy month for us. I went to WY the 2nd week to work in the bar during Sturgis. The Burnout event at the bar was a hum-dinger, with more people than last year. I have photos to post to this blog, but will have to wait until I am somewhere where I have a stronger signal, as I just can't get them to load here. All went well in Sundance during the rally, my Mom is well, and her usual self. I flew into Casper and drove to Sundance, then drove back to Casper. It was a whole lot cheaper to fly into Casper than to Rapid City and besides, I got to see the kids. They are doing well, and Jevin and Gavin are growing like weeds. Gavin turned 4 in Aug. so is growing up way too fast. Had a little cocktail party at Julia's in Casper so got to see lots of good friends. Boy the weather was warm. It was pretty different for me after being up here in AK all summer. Our bosses were in Palmer for medical stuff while I was gone, so Barry had to run the park by himself for a few days. I think he enjoyed it though, as if you are here alone you get to meet all the people coming and going. After I returned there was a couple here in the park, (actually they were here when I left and still here when I got back) from Germany. They spoke OK English and had brought their 14 year old motorhome over from Germany. Now lets just say that wasn't the smartest thing, as it broke down and of course they couldn't get parts for it here in the states. Anyway, we became friends with these folks and before they left I gave them one of our cards in case they had trouble as they were being towed to Anchorage where they were going to salvage out their motorhome, as they didn't want to ship it home and customs won't let them just discard it here. Anyway, a few hours after I had given them our card, they came to me and pointed to the words "trout bums" on our card and ask what that meant. I ask them if they knew what a trout was and they said yes, but Rolph said "this word here, I put it into my translator and it comes up"......he patted his butt! So the poor people thought our card said we were fish butts!!! We hadn't thought that the word "bum" wouldn't translate into what we meant. So, us old fish butts are just traveling along!
So, about the 17th of Aug. we left Glennallen and went to Anchorage and spent a few days, getting our carpet cleaned and enjoying the shopping after being in Glennallen for the summer. There are just lots of things you can't get in an Alaskan town of 450 people! We had planned to be done on the 15th, but our boss was in Palmer for two days then for chemotherapy, so we stayed until they got back.
We had a great summer here. We loved the work and the area as well. It was nice being able to go to Gakona, about 20 minutes away and see our friends who used to live in Sheridan that now own the Gakona lodge. We met lots of nice people here, both people staying in the park and people that live here. Itwas also fun learning the history of the area. And of course catching our kings here was wonderful. I really believe that this little RV park is one of the nicest in AK at least that we have found. All the guests really enjoyed the cleanliness and well kept aspect of it. Barry did a wonderful job of keeping it all landscaped really nice, and that is no small feat when the sun shines 24/7 during June and July, plus there is plenty of rain too. We are so glad that we came, but now, we have to drive the long way home, and that isn't something we look forward to! Oh well, it beats spending the winter in AK!
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