For several years, we logged our travels using another blogging service but that meant an annual fee. Blogger is free and free is what we seniors want and need, so I'm starting up a new blog.
Jane and I are anticipating a return, our sixth year, to Big Bend National Park in a couple of weeks. We'll work again as Visitor Center volunteers at the Castolon Historical District Visitor Center on the west side of the Park. There we will be the face of the Park for visitors who come looking for ideas about hikes, camping permits, answers to questions about the flora, fauna and history of the Park. We'll also manage the book store that is a part of the Visitor Center.
All of this, of course, depends upon the National Parks being re-opened by November 1, 2013. That is the day our duty is to resume. Actually we are to arrive in the Park by October 30th for orientation and training on a newly installed software for issuing camping permits.
For the first time, we are being assigned an apartment in the Park staff housing rather than our having to tow our trailer behind us for the 1800 miles to get from Ohio to far West Texas. So, we'll travel in our fire-blue F-150 with all the furnishings we need to make the apartment home in the back of the truck. Without the nearly four-ton trailer, our mpg will greatly improve costing us about half as much in daily travel costs. Of course, motel expenses will be more than staying in campgrounds, but the efficiency of motel life will compensate for those costs.
I'm writing this new blog because those of you receiving notice of these postings have indicated that you'd like to be updated on our travels. If you do not want to receive reminders of new posts, let me know and you'll no longer receive the notices. No hard feelings, our travel obviously interests us but may bore you to death.
'till next time---
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