Everyone is GONE!!!!

I cleaned out the desk and got it organized this morning. Got the bank all squared away. (I have signed for $5000) Started making my list of what to bring back up from the warehouse. We had to have inventory at the end of the regular season-Oct. 15- so now I can restock the store.

I also have to sell the left over candy, chips, drinks and cigs from the general store so making room for all that is challenging. And keeping it stocked is very challenging since that is all the food that anyone can purchase for 20 miles or maybe 45 is Kaibab General Store and Lodge are closed.

I signed for the Gift Shop keys at 8AM and got the keys for the truck at lunch time. Nikolai was just hanging around till tomorrow so he can leave so I made him come to work and he brought all the cases of drinks down to the store and stacked them in the Native room which is now empty. No more expensive jewerly till May 09. Tomorrow I spend the first hour or so writing down what I brought up today before I can put in out on the floor so when inventory is done again in the spring everything will be accounted for. (No we don't have scanners, that would make life so much easier! After all we only did $2,000,000 worth of sales in 6 months.)

All of that from the "Cashier" back has been taken down also and room dividers have been put in front of the cashier "bull pen" so that the shelves with pottery can still be on display for sale.

My RV is so messy and crowded. Since we are staying for the winter everyone decided to give me their left overs. I have about 5 things of laundry detergent, 4 bottles of Dawn, 12 extra cans of tuna fish (I had just bought a case for the winter myself!) Cleaning supplies, towels, ect..... And I can not get anything organized because I have no place to put anything. Everything I leave outside has to be weather proof as it is getting quite chilly at night now. I don't know how much room we will have in the six plex apartment and we can not move into it until after Nov. 1. (It better not snow or get freezing cold until then as we may not be able to get the RV off the mountain if it snows to much.)

Time for bed, got alot to do tomorrow and have to be out of the store by 4:15 to go to dinner at Jacob Lake with Philip and Louise!

I've been tagged!

OK Kristal, I know I don't update very often :) Seven things about me........



1: I've moved more than 30 times in 30 years! But now every time I move I don't have to pack anything or really change my address as I just haul my house around on wheels behind the truck (RV!) and I use Kristal's address as mine.



2: I am afraid of heights but getting a lot better at over coming that. It has helped a lot just by living at the Grand Canyon and looking down so often :)



3: I'm sure I could have been a race car driver!!! I have found out that I like to drive a lot (Gary usually did all the driving on our trips) and there is nothing that equals the "power" I feel when stepping on the accelerator of our big diesel truck!!! Sounds great too :)



4: I have traveled through all but 5 states of the United States and have actually lived in 6 different states. (New Hampshire, Alaska, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Arizona.)



5: I have lived in 2 different countries, United States and Germany and have been to 4 different countries, US, Canada, Mexico and Germany. And the Bahamas.



6: I too - like Kristal- pick up someones accent when talking to them, the English just comes out of my mouth without me knowing it! Quite embarassing sometimes.



7: In my younger years I always complained about my curly hair, but now that I have straight hair (no humidity to help it curl) I really miss it.



Now, I tag:

Penny, my "Bestest Buddy"

Linda, an unexpected great friend that I took to long to get to know.

Cheryl, and Barb my best friends in high school, we were known as the 3 musketters.

Darlene, my grade school, high school and still friend.

Dove, my new found friend from the North Rim.

And Jason, my son!!:) :)

Grand Canyon River Boat Ride

The boats!





The Glen Canyon Damn, Page, AZ




The Colorado River in Glen Canyon.



ME! Really cold 48* water, but so clear and
refreshing!




Petroglyphs at the place we stopped to get wet.




Getting back on the boats to finish the ride.








Lee's Ferry, the end of my boat ride. South
of here is considered "The Grand Canyon"

I had a great day and want to go again!

August, September and now October

It's getting cooler every day now. Last I wrote was in August and it was HOT! For all the visitors it was refreshing to be up here in the cool mountain air but for those of us who live here and are used to being up here it was just HOT.

Gary and I have been camping a few times this summer. The first time we went to Point Sublime. Got some good photos.

Yes, heights do not bother Gary! If he fell he would have gone a good 100 feet before hitting the rocks just below him. I had all I could do to take that picture, as I am afraid of heights, but getting a lot better since living up here on the EDGE!

We also went to Toroweap Overlook. That is about 50 miles west of here and is where if you fall off the Rim you will go 3000 feet straight down-no bouncing of other rocks.

This is the Colorado River and this is Gary and Jim on the Edge! You can also
see the Colorado River in the middle of the photo.

This area of the Canyon has a lot of lava flows from millions of years ago and a bunch of

partial volcanos that created the lava flows.

I also went for a Colorado River boat ride. We boarded the boat at the base of the Glen Canyon Damn in Page, AZ. and down the river we went. We were on the river for about 4 hours. It was a nice cool day and the 48* water was very refreshing. Yes, all of us from up here jumped in for a quick cooling off! Unfortunately, I can not move any pictures from the Walmart disc to my computer so I can't post any river boat pictures.

Forever Resorts closes here on the North Rim Oct. 15. ......However.....the NPS has decided to keep the Park open until Dec. 1. That means having the visitors center open and plowing the 45 mile road if needed. So Forever Resorts thinks we should have something open also and since the gift shop was the most logical thing to keep open I will still be working there from 9-4 every day until Dec. 1. I will have my 2 days a week off, or more. So this all means that now I have to learn how to run the gift shop. Open it in the mornings and close it at night. That means a raise in pay too. We had our first meeting about all this today but we still haven't worked out all the details.

Anyways, I started stocking up on groceries yesterday on my way back from town and I'm getting a bit excited about spending the winter here. For those that don't know, this means a 45 mile snowmobile ride to Jacob Lake to get the truck (and hope it starts) to go another 30 miles to get groceries and then turn around and do it in reverse to get back home after Dec 1 when the road will not be plowed any more until April.