The end of 'vacation'

We got our work assignment from Amazon.com yesterday and start to work tomorrow. We will work what is called the donut shift which is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday with Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday off. We will be on day shift and start out with 4 hour work days for a week and then will start the 10 hour days. We are ready! We have never done anything quite like this so it is somewhat of an adventure..... with pay! Everyone who has been here and working since September tells us it is not hard work but is physical and for us to expect to be tired for a few days. And sore since we will no doubt be using muscles we haven't used in awhile.

We have been staying pretty busy getting to know Coffeyville and the surrounding area. One day,we drove 27 miles on a road through wheat fields and prairie grass to a Bluegrass festival in the little town of Oswego, Kansas.

That was one exceptionally good festival! There were five bands and we stayed all day for the unbelievable price of $8.00 a ticket! The host band leader told us this was their third annual festival in Oswego and they were growing. She said that Bluegrass was kinda slow taking off in SE Kansas and that most of the music around here is either Country or Southern Gospel. Some of the groups there that day perform in Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. It was a great day where we enjoyed good food, good music, and good people.

A lot of our time is spent walking through our park and visiting with everyone and enjoying the warm sunny days. It is like we have our own little city here. Just in our park alone, (actually a city park and rodeo grounds) there are probably 80 or 90 rigs and we are all workampers here to work for Amazon.com. There are three other parks close by with more of us staying at those places as well.

Behind us,the city is finishing up a new section of this park with 60 new full hook-up sites that will be finished soon so we will have more room for more workampers. That is one reason we are glad we got put on the day shift because our friends and neighbors who work nights and sleep days are having trouble sleeping with all the heavy equipment roaring all day.

So, even though we will be starting to work we will have three days a week to play and explore. IF we can move! I'll let you all know!