Three hours, some beautiful views, and a decent amount of
tootsie rolls. That’s all it took to get this girl to the destination of a
lifetime.
Well I made it! I am now at the highly esteemed Rockin R
Ranch where I live in the top floor of the Marriott! Ha! Who am I kidding, I
live on a ranch and I basically live above a barn about 50 yards away from
braying donkeys, a paddock full of horses and a tack shed. Let’s be honest, the petting zoo is
closer to the lodge than I am! (:
But I don’t mean to make it sound like I’m living in a third
world country! I absolutely love it here and it’s definitely a new learning
experience! There are about 30 people on staff and they all have been great so
far. The lodge has 41 rooms, all simple, without TV’s. If you are unfortunate
as I and T-Mobile is your service provider, and also if your phone happens to
be a dinky little flip phone, you are no longer connected to the outside
influences of this world.
At the beginning of this week we had about 110 guests
arrive. (Talk about jumping right in!) Some for family reunions and some for youth conferences. I started work
this morning at seven a.m. for what we call here, “AM chores.” We all rotate
through what we do every morning. After chores we had breakfast and then all
headed out for what we were assigned next. I was on house keeping with several
others.
We eat lunch around noon and by the time we had lunch today,
most of our guests had arrived. After lunch we are assigned to various
activities. I was assigned to archery all afternoon with another staff member.
I can now say that I am at least a partial/semi-real
cowgirl because I tried roping today for the first time and after a few tries,
I had one horn! I could totally go professional, right?! Just kidding, but hey, by the end of
the summer I’ll be a ropin’ fool!
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