Aug 10 - 16, 2014 - One month here already??????

Where does the time go?  Camp host work, Accounting work, exercise, cooking and good eating - and a month flies by.  This we we started planning for some Chatty repairs b driving her in to Reno to see an RV repair shop on Monday to get an estimate.  While in Reno, we stopped in to Cabelas  our first time ever in that store - and purchased two recliner lounge chairs for out outdoor relaxing

and a new gas grill for our outdoor cooking - both very much appreciated.

Aug 3 - 9, 2014 - First visitors and lunch with Dad

We contacted Laverne and Bill who we worked with at New Hogan last summer for a few weeks.  They came up from there on their days off and camped in our park.  We took them to Tahoe City to the free music to see Mumbo Gumbo on Sunday afternoon,  Eric and Claudia came to visit with us as well.

It rained on Monday, so the BarBQdinner and campfire we planned turned into a progressive dinner 

inside Laverne and Bills camper for the first course 

and then main dish and dessert at our place - sorry, no picture :(

On our next days off we drove in to Sacramento.  Connie ordered a van to bring dad home 

so we could all have lunch together at her house

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then we went to spend the night at Kelly's house after our work day was complete.  

On Wednesday evening we had dinner at Steve and Terri's house to help Steve celebrate his birthday.

July 27 - Aug. 2, 2014 - Living in the mountains - lovely!

Claudia was away for a week visiting with girlfriends in San Diego, Los Angeles and Tijuana, so we invited Eric to join us for dinner on Sunday night at Jason's in Kings Beach.

We had our first evening campfire on Monday night - the park was very quiet and peaceful.

 We learned about a CSA ( Community Supported Agriculture) delivery from the foothills in Truckee and signed up for the time we will be here.  Our first delivery was on July 31.

We signed up for fruits and vegetables

There is a farmer's market at Regional Park on Tuesday mornings as well, 

so we are all set for good food the rest of the summer.

The lake is low but the Martis Creek Valley and the surrounding mountains are beautiful.

We are happy to be here!

July 20 - 26, 2014 Getting our bearings in Truckee

We are "on duty" at the park Thursday - Monday with Tues and Wed off.  There park is small - only 25 campsites and there is not a lot of work required - mostly we answer questions of incoming campers at our site because they pass us first before they get to the campground, and we do landscaping and empty campsite cleaning.

The Truckee Library is one of the smaller, older libraries we have seen, but it is close and has good internet.  We spent the first week checking out other work locations in town, but are not in love with any.  Good news is there is good internet at our site and it is pleasant being here, so we do work here in the AM's comfortably.

This week we drove to Sacramento and Auburn during our first off duty days to visit with Dad and Connie, pick up the mail and drop in on a few clients. We stayed at Connie's house on Tuesday night and with the Boykins on Wednesday night after a nice gathering of friends at the LOP sports Lounge for Burger Night.

I came back alone on Thursday because Mike had a board meeting with a client in Sacramento on Friday.  I went to the weekly street festival - Truckee Thursdays for dinner and live street music on Thursday night.

and enjoyed a view of the Truckee River in downtown Truckee on the way.

July 15 - 19 Settling in At Martis Creek Lake

We were not quite sure what to expect when we got here - we believed there was good internet and there is. We knew there was only one camp host, but did not realize what a beautiful campground and camp host site we would get to occupy for the next 10 weeks.

Our ranger, Jacquie was out on training, so the first three days we were unassigned.  We got settled into our site with an easy but delicious pesto pasta dinner the first night.

Then drove the 15 minute trip down Hwy 267 to Kings beach and had dinner with Eric and Claudia at their house on the 2nd night.  It was good to reconnect and hear about their time since we saw them last in May before we left for our trip to Michigan. Eric is working for the National Forest Service this summer and they are renting a room in a house in Kings beach from some nice young adults.  They are in a good spot, too.