Interesting Day

Today wasn't quite..."normal..." I did the weekly deposit and it seemed to take all day because in between I was selling passes, helping park aids do more timesheet stuff, answering the phone, and trying to make sure the one park aid who had never received his checks, actually got paid for the work he's been doing!

One fee envelope I opened had $0.00 written on it, but inside was a cracker. Like a Chicken in a Biscuit kind of cracker. I threw it away, then texted my previous supervisor from Fort Churchill because I thought he would appreciate that story.

I also had a hard time balancing credit cards....again....we are getting a new fee system soon, with training next week so maybe it'll get easier to do credit cards! At least it will keep track of passes and other inventory so it'll automatically let us know when it's time to re-order anything.

The Park Aids have been working on spraying weeds, clearing the beaches (downed limbs, branches, debris), cleaning, and doing a really good job of bundling firewood, splitting firewood, and doing fee compliance. They also keep an eye on things that are going on in the park, and letting us know if there is anything out of the ordinary (like the people camping on a dead-end road at the entrance to the campground and not paying....or the Harp Twins yesterday).

Channel 8 news was at Little Washoe this morning flying a drone around. We don't allow drones anywhere in the park except for one area on the other side of the lake just off the freeway, so I texted my supervisor and she said as long as they weren't harassing wildlife, including feral horses, and as long as it was quiet, she was ok with it. I forgot to watch the news tonight to see if they had anything to say about the park!

Tomorrow night I have a guided sunset/moonrise hike and I haven't gotten to walk the trail ahead of time yet. I am hoping to do that tomorrow morning before I go to work...no matter what I have to walk it at least once sometime tomorrow because it's a trail I haven't used yet!