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OHHH, My Aching Feet, or The Park Opened Yesterday…

Karen · 5 Comments

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It's still winter up here.

I spent last week in training for 4 days, or in powerpoint hell, whichever way you look at it. A lot of the material we covered was refresher, some was new, but I can’t really say it was interesting. On the last day, Friday, we went out to the entrance station to practice doing transactions and making sure we had all the forms and equipment we needed for opening day. We encountered a mini-blizzard–NOT the ice cream kind, either. Mother Nature decided to bless us with another inch or so of snow. It was quite pretty coming down, but rather cold.

Me and my friend.

Friday was also dress rehearsal for us. We had to get our uniforms out of storage, brush off the hats, and try on those new boots.  I had bought some insoles for my boots, because the last pair of boots I had needed them to be comfortable. I found out that this new pair doesn’t need them, because my feet STILL hurt from that first day. I took the insoles out that night, and the boots are good to go without them.  The only other little problem I had was that I discovered I had eaten way too much catfish over the winter–I could barely button my pants. What was I thinking???

The trail.

So you might ask why I go through the boring training, the snow until July, and the too tight pants? Because this is my commute: I walk about a half a mile through aspens and ponderosa pine forest to get to my job. It beats the heck out of 37 miles one way on I-285 any day of the week!

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Filed Under: Arizona, Life on the road, North Rim, Workamping Tagged With: Grand Canyon, Workamping

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  1. geogypsy says

    May 16, 2010 at 11:04 pm

    This job is so worth it. Hope you break in the new boots before they break you.

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  2. Susan Adcox says

    May 17, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    I agree. That is a lovely commute, even when your feet hurt. And the snow is beautiful. It looks just like meringue.

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  3. Jacki says

    May 18, 2010 at 6:42 am

    Yes, I agree. That commute is so much better than anything else!

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  4. Jennifer says

    May 19, 2010 at 5:33 am

    That is a rockin’ good commute! You know your feet will readjust in a few days and you’ll be happy all over again!

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  5. Bruce says

    May 21, 2010 at 12:43 am

    That is a rockin’ good commute! You know your feet will readjust in a few days and you’ll be happy all over again!

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