May 21, 2005

May 21, 2005

West Hawk Lake day 4 of 113

DAY 338

 

Today was cloudy and cool, with rain all day. The rain finally stopped, and the sky cleared around 7:00 P.M..

The picnic shelter behind our campsite was occupied all day by wet, young campers seeking refuge from the rain. They came over three times today. Once to borrow an axe, once to borrow a saw, and once to borrow a can opener. We haven't yet seen our boss, to have our job responsibilities defined to us, but apparently, according to the maintenance staff, being here, being friendly and helpful, and lending a can opener occasionally is just about the extent of our responsibilities. I guess I can live with that. It's certainly not the toughest job I've ever had. As soon as the rain stopped, there was a mass exodus out of the campground, to the bar at the West Hawk Inn beside the campground. I've just walked Bo, at 10:00 P.M., and the bar is really hopping ! Loud music, loud voices, lots of whooping and hollering. The Park Patrol staff at the campground entrance say they are expecting the worst tonight when the bar closes. The kids have been cooped up all day because of the rain, and they seem pretty rangy tonight. Joanne commented awhile ago that the young campers of today seem like a different species than us. It's true that when we were young campers 30 years ago, we weren't the same. But her comment still makes me chuckle. We've become our parents !

Today was a day conducive to doing nothing. Despite the fact that I have plenty of work that needs to be done, including much that could have been done indoors on a rainy day, we mostly did a lot of nothing today. I got up early, walked Bo, went for a shower, had a cup of coffee while reading yesterday's newspaper, then went back to sleep until noon. After lunch, we napped all afternoon. Nice work if you can get it ! HA HA HA ! We watched a movie that I picked up at one of the Escapee parks' video exchanges, a 1940 film starring W.C. Fields, called the Bank Dick. I walked in the rain to the convenience store beside the West Hawk Inn and bought today's newspaper. I read the paper for awhile, and then when it finally stopped raining, I went outside and did today's 10 minutes of preventive maintenance. We had the last of our Alberta perogies for supper. We watched the last half of a movie on CBC about the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team called Cool Running.

DSK