Split Days Off

Every so often, most park employees will experience split days off for different reasons. In the winter, my normal days off are Friday and Saturday (during the summer, I usually take Thursday and Friday off, with the occasional Saturday). This week I'm doing two First Day Hikes on January 1; one at 10 a.m. at Dayton State Park and another at 1 p.m. at Washoe Lake State Park. My husband works for wildlife and has to work this Saturday because it's a busy hunting day (we live at a Wildlife Management Area) and he "gets" to test birds for bird flu...so I decided to take Thursday and Sunday off instead.

My cat, Oatmeal, has a bladder infection and an accessed tooth, so we spent the morning at the vet. She goes back next week to get the tooth pulled, then she'll be good as new!

This is my husband Dave at work (from a couple years ago). He manages water levels in ponds for nesting birds and also for hunting season. After hunting season comes fishing season, when we can get out into the ponds a lot more often. They also maintain the dirt roads throughout the management area, test birds for bird flu, do a lot of maintenance throughout the area, and meet with partnering agencies, like state parks!