We're back for our second year of running the snack bar at The Ponderosa Baptist Conference Center near Colorado Springs. It's a month earlier than we arrived last year and the weather is C-O-L-D, cloudy and rainy! But...we're not complaining - it's beats the 100+ heat in Phoenix!
On the first sunny, clear day we were able to see Pikes Peak from the campground and were surprised to see how much snow was on the mountain. We're anxious to make a jeep trip to the top!
On the first sunny, clear day we were able to see Pikes Peak from the campground and were surprised to see how much snow was on the mountain. We're anxious to make a jeep trip to the top!
We have the same nice, wooded campsite we did last year, and Abby has already started chasing the squirrels who come to rob the bird feeder. No deer visitors yet, but we look every morning to see if they have decided to pay us a visit.
Campers last week were elementary-age children of our men/women soldiers who have been deployed to Iraq. Fort Carson is nearby and the base calgary, canine unit, and heavy equipment division came to camp to visit with the kids. These kids are the best, most well-behaved groups who come to Ponderosa; their counselors are right on top of everything and the kids do as they are told (guess that's the military influence at home). It's too bad we can't say that about every group!
The camp nurse keeps very busy - we have many campers who are on meds and she goes to the various dorms, cottages, etc. to administer meds rather than have them go to the infirmary. She's on the move much of the time - even late at night!
She's even nice to take care of guys like Russ who had an boo-boo on his hand. Actually, I think he got it caught in the cash register drawer while getting things ready in the gift shop!
So are you working in the gift shop this time instead of the snack bar?
ReplyDeleteThe lady who runs the gift shop will not arrive until July, so we basically do that too; however, there are a couple of other volunteers who step in to help when it's really busy.
ReplyDeleteI believe that boo-boo is called " cash in hand".
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