Moments in time.....

8:05 am - Tuesday - August 27th - LPG&RVR - 54° F, humidity 37%, wind 1 mph out of the west.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 87° F.  On this date in 2017 TLE and I were doing an 11 mile hike in Yellowstone National Park....water crossings, foot bridges, and suspension bridges were included....

 .....free of charge......lol.

The final day of any four day work week is always a little bitter sweet for me.  I am always looking forward to being off work for 4 days, who wouldn't, right?  But, I also really enjoy my job.  This gig really gives TLE and I the best of all worlds, which is why we have returned for a 3rd summer.  We have lots of down time, and the work gives our lives purpose.  We cannot be just retired all the time.  Each of us still has the desire to accomplish, to contribute, to make new friends and be able to experience both sides of the LPG&RVR experience....the relaxing side with not a care in the world, and the working side where we are part of something bigger than ourselves.

We kind of live in an insulated world here at LPG&RVR where the outside world is kept at bay by the remoteness of our location, making it so much easier to just enjoy the moment wherever we may find ourselves at any particular time of day, like when I was driving down the 10th fairway and turned to see that the snow on Eagle Mountain from Saturday has already disappeared.....

.....Eagle Mountain is just under 10,000 (9,897') feet elevation, and is the extinct volcano responsible for all of the lava rock which covers the landscape of the Pitt River Valley.  In fact, in the foreground of the second picture you can see the lava rock wall that separates the first fairway from the 10th....all that rock had to be scraped away to create the grassy fairways.

Work days here at LPG&RVR always seem to go fast for me, even on less than busy days.  We only rented 3 golf carts Monday, which is not surprising, considering the park is about 90% empty right now.  In fact, all the golfing done Monday involved folks coming from offsite to play.

I did some weeding prior to 10 am, and then spent the balance of the morning mowing, and trimming.  By noon time I had mowed the grass around both pavilions, the employee lawns, and tent sites 1-3.  I managed to get the grass trimmed around both pavilions with the Stihl string trimmer before I gave TLE her lunch break.  After lunch I trimmed around the 4 employee site grass areas (there are 5 sites, but only 4 have grass), plus the playground equipment in the meadow, as well as around the electrical pedestals provided for the star gazing group, which will arrive this Thursday for the Labor Day weekend.  

I made another round of the course to find the last two golf cart rentals on the 14th fairway.  I think they were taking around 20 minutes to play each hole, so I knew they wouldn't be back by 3:30 pm.  By 3:15 pm only one of the 3 rented golf carts had returned, as I suspected, so I washed and stowed it.

I was home by 3:30 pm, and after a hot shower, relaxed in my recliner until almost 5 pm when I returned to pickup up TLE to begin our 4 day weekend.  The last two carts had been returned so I quickly washed and stowed them, and then drove TLE home to begin celebrating our 53rd wedding anniversary, culminating with our two day trip to Klamath Falls.

We sat outside on the 'lido deck' talking (adult beverages were involved) until after 6:30 pm when I finally lit the Sea-B-Que in preparation for the grilling of two New York Strip steaks.  For the first time in a couple of weeks there was no evening wind, so we ate dinner in the comfortable confines of the dining canopy/tent while watching the replay of the Tottenham Hot Spurs vs. Everton.  This was the 2nd game of the new season.......we have really missed British Premier soccer.....

.....the medium rare New York Strips were delicious!  TLE added sides of spinach, and sliced tomatoes....YUM!  Life continues to be good here in the remote Pitt River Valley.  Oh, and by the way, Tottenham won 4-nil.

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