I haven't posted since November and some of you know the reason why, but for the rest of you....... On December 7th, we lost our beautiful Annie.  I still have a hard time talking about it, without choking up.  She was truly a gift from Heaven to us. I posted on Facebook but I just couldn't talk about her in person, without crying, and after almost a month, still have a hard time. But, since she was such a trooper and started the RV life with us at 12 years old and put up with travelling all over the US,  I thought she deserved to be honored in a blog post.   Please feel free to just move on if you aren't a dog lover, I'll understand. So here's to one of the best friends we've ever had.   I got to thinking that she traveled through 26 states with us during her lifetime of 16 3/4 years. She saw both oceans and walked and peed on a lot of different soil.  :-)     Annie as a pup in 2004.  She was a Mother's Day gift from...

It's been awhile since I last posted.  My last post was about my trip up the Reservoir in a Ranger boat.  That was a truly special day. AND, then I got to go again, but this time we took care of the boat docks out in the reservoir.  That really opened my eyes as to what all the Rangers really do as part of being a Ranger.   It was actually a fun day cleaning off duck poop on the docks.  You'd have to know Ranger Michelle to know why it was FUN!! Here we are at one of the 7-8 boat docks on the reservoir.  One part of the Ranger's job is to periodically use hoses to clean the duck poop off the docks.  I can't remember now, how often they do it, but you can imagine what a mess ducks make, so it's probably a weekly job. GROSS duck poop......just imagine the rest of the dock.....blech!!! I even got into the act and actually enjoyed doing it.  Probably because I was behind the hose and didn't have to actually touch the stuff....

We are still here at Dworshak Dam working as volunteers in the Visitor Center.  We have been frustrated by the iffy Wi Fi, but other than that and iffy phone service....this is a FANTASTIC place to work. On July 21st, we were invited to go by boat up to Grand Dad campground.  It is way up the reservoir and takes probably 2 1/2 to 3 hours to drive up there from here BUT the Rangers often use their boats to go up and check the campground as it's only about 1 1/2 hours by water. David wasn't able to go as he opted to stay behind and take care of our dog, Annie, who has not been doing well for a few weeks.  I can't get her out of the RV....so he is the only one that can....and sadly, she has to 'get out' every couple of hours, now. Anyway, I made a video of the trip..and I tried to upload it, but no luck....so this blog post has been sitting here since that day.  I HOPE and PRAY I can upload it when I get down to the library in the next day or so.  I...

This is the road coming back to the Volunteer Village from the Visitor Center.  It's just about 1/4 of a mile away from the Visitor Center. We've been having connectivity issues up here with getting photos to upload to my computer since we got here, but yesterday, it had been working for some reason.  So, I am taking advantage of the opportunity and am going to try and get a few blogs done, today, if it keeps on working. We arrived on May 17th and got settled in,  On, May 22nd, we had an Orientation/BBQ for all the Workampers here at Dworshak and those working up at Dent Campground. We worked a couple of days with a returning Visitor Center couple, Bruce and Cyndy, to get the 'hang of things'  and then were pretty much on our own....with the exception of a Ranger in the office until they felt comfortable leaving us on our own. We took a drive up to Dent Campground, so that our Volunteer Coordinator Ranger, Michelle, could show us where it was and what it lo...

Well, we have been here a little over a month, now.  This is our little space in 'Volunteer Village', where we are set up.  We have a motor home on the other side of of us to the right.  It's a nice couple from Texas, Bill and Alice. There are two other workamper couples here to the left of us in another spot. One couple works our off days and the other couple works the off days for Bill and Alice. The first few days, we spent raking pine needles and burning them. It's super quiet here and we are just 1/4 mile down the road from the Visitor Center (VC).  We can look out our window and look right at the Dam. Here are other photos from different view points. Dworshak Dam is the 3rd largest dam in the US and the largest straight axis dam in the western hemisphere.  The reservoir, behind it, is 54 miles long.  There are mini campgrounds along the reservoir, which can be accessed by boat and hiking in, that are basically primitive.  Th...

Hi everyone, Sorry it's been a couple of months since I last posted.  We were a little 'down'  for a bit but, after a lot of inquiries and calls back and forth to prospective job offers, we are back to working again. After leaving Columbia Riverfront RV, we stayed for a few weeks in our friends' side yard.  So, thankful for them allowing us to do this.  And, we had some really great visits while we were there including them including us for Mother's Day. While we were there, we were able to have an RV repairman come out and check out our electrical problems.  Thank the Lord he did.  What he found was a real mess created by the factory we purchased our not quite 2 year old RV from.  And, they were not very helpful in helping him or us with any sort of schematic for the unit or any help in any other way, for that matter, except to tell us our warranty had elapsed and they couldn't help us.  But the Lord came through for us, Big Time.  W...