Our First Workcamping Job - Welcome To Wichita
We spent the first afternoon and evening getting settled.
The following morning we started training for our first official "job" in years. (we have worked for ourselves for a really, really, long time.) We met Chuck and Pauline, our trainers and fellow work campers, at 8:45 am and began our leap into RV management.
My job consists of running the office and small store. I make reservations in person and on the phone. There is a lot of interaction with incoming, outgoing and monthly residence which keeps me hopping and the first day was crazy busy. (so I got thrown right in!)
Brian runs around the park in a golf cart and oversees the propane station (which is relatively busy since its winter) cleaning the grounds, helping residents and guiding people to and from their spots. He also helps me pick and choose the right location for each rig.
Our hours here will be from 9-6 (in the office) and then on call for the rest of the day. We work 3 days on and then 3 days off.
Training was intense. We got to know Chuck and Pauline plus a ton of monthly residents in a hurry. The owner, Sheila, was preparing to have hip replacement surgery (which happened yesterday) so it was important that we jumped in fast and made every effort to "GET IT." Fortunately, we are pretty quick and only had to train for 3 days, test out for 1 and then fall into our regular schedule.
So today, was our first day off and boy did we need it. It seems like we have been going and going since February 18th when we left Oregon. What a relief to spend the day "settling." I slept in, cleaned and helped Brian re-position the coach on our spot.
Brian got a bunch of stuff done including washing our car and his motorcycle, dumping and filling the tanks and going for a nice "exploratory" cycle ride. The weather was 62 today and all the snow finally melted.
It's good to feel grounded again.