New Dawn, New Job

We had a going away party of sorts with a fish fry with all sorts of goodies to go with it on Monday, Oct 7th with our friends and co-workers on Whitney Lake TX. We were anticipating leaving for our new job on Tuesday morning but that didn’t happen. Sorry, these are a little fuzzy due in part to the low light and maybe part due to operator error.

According to Dave Gunter, we had to have 2 Going Away parties before one took.   The second one being on Wednesday, Oct 9th. We sat around a camp fire and roasted marshmallows while visiting with our friends. Well, it must have worked because the next morning we got the call to head out to Bossier City LA.

Reality Check; This new job as a Gate Guard is definitely a change from the cushy Gate Attendant gig we had with the USACE. No more air conditioned Office to take shelter in. We have already had more rainy days since arriving at our new digs near Bossier City LA, than we had during 2 seasons at Cedron Creek Park. It’s not really too bad working out of our own “home”, especially when it’s a slow Sunday morning.  

Wednesday Oct 22^nd
We are getting to know some of the people here, or rather I thought we were, but now we had another shift change and a few new faces this morning. It seems they are letting about a third of the crew off for 2 weeks every week. All I know for sure is that part of the people coming on now, were not here when we started this job.
All 3 dogs seem to be doing well here at our new digs. A few days ago Lucy was sitting on the back of the sofa watching a Surveyor across the field from where we are parked. As I watched her I noticed that occasionally her eyes would go closed as she was sitting there in the warm sunshine. She was sitting rather precariously and occasionally letting out a low growl, when she must have fallen asleep, and in slow motion, toppled over backwards and landed in a pile on the cushions.    She kind of looked around to see if I had caused her fall then promptly hopped up onto the back of the sofa and resumed her “job” of watching the surveyor.
Well, I think I should finally post this edition and start a new one. Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time from Dave, Sue and the 3 poisonous wiener dogs.