More of the Same!

Winter seems to be kind of repetitive. Spring, summer, and fall are more varied; no day is the same! Today, we finally finished Washoe's deposit and reconciliation. Finishing Dayton's will be next, and that one should be really easy.

I went through the main part of the park today, checking garbage and cleaning. It finally quit raining and snowing for a few days, so I got a chance to mop the restroom floors, and they might stay clean for a few more days! Everything looked pretty good. The weather's been cold and wet for a while, so the park has been pretty slow.

A couple days ago, I went back to the shop and had lunch with Kevin and Dave--the mechanic and the maintenance repair specialist. During the summer, I don't get to talk to them much at all! Everyone is going in so many different directions. It's nice (for the most part) to have a break from the craziness!

This is the north end of Washoe Lake, looking south. There is finally some standing water!

 



One of the news stations called today and talked to my supervisor about doing a story on the little bit of water we have back in the lake! It's a good sign, but one good winter probably won't fill up the lake very much. I've had people call and ask about the lake after a couple days of rain; the ground has to be saturated and the water table has to be high in order to have our lake back. I was sad when a younger boy called about hunting, asking when we were going to put water back into the wetlands for hunting season. I tried to explain to him that the entire lake was dry, and that there was no water for us to fill up the wetlands (this was in early September 2015).

 

I'm off the next two days, but I do have a full moon hike Saturday night, so I'm working Saturday night and then doing rounds through the whole park on Sunday. I'll try to get more pictures of the park and post those!