Ten Sleep, Wyoming

I am at the Circle J Ranch Camp. It is in a beautiful canyon along the Ten Sleep Creek that rushes over rocks at the side of the camp and rv sites. We've seen lots of deer and antelope playing, but so far no elk or moose. We did go out looking for them one evening. Maybe we'll see some another night. There are marmots, too, and luckily none have chewed on the Jambo....yet.

The team is working on installing showers, painting the outside of the lodge and some other odds and ends. The students have gone back to school here, so no children at the camp at this time.

This weekend we drove into Cody and went to the Buffalo Bill Museum. It's huge and could take all day to go through. I love the history of the west and all that cowboy stuff. I even redecorated my living room and dining room (all 2 square yards) in western motif.

Ten Sleep got its name from the Indians who traveled and counted the nights from one area to the next. This was 'ten sleeps' from Casper.

Montrose, CO

I completed about 1 1/2 weeks with Habitat. I shredded files in the office, worked at the building site, and buttered corn at the Olathe Corn Festival. There is on-going building project for Habitat in Montrose. At this time there are three homes trying to be done by the end of the year. I was kept busy by sweeping drywall mess, putting up dry wall, putting on siding, sorting nails. It was some hot days, but I didn't work like some of the others. They really put in a lot of time and effort to give "a hand up" to those in the community.

The Corn Festival was fun. All the corn you could eat; the best sweet corn I've ever eaten. The corn was roasted or boiled, dumped into bins, handed to the people who took the corn to the next tent to be buttered. We used liquid butter in squeeze bottles to put on the butter. Then the people could salt and pepper there Very well organized. I buttered during the whole 4 hour shift. I read that there was over 150,000 ears of corn roasted.

The day ended with a concert by Wynona- free for the volunteers. It rained for awhile just before the concert. So there was a muddy mess, tarps, and rain jackets....reminded me of the Kentucky Derby.

I'm now visiting with a few different friends in the Denver area. Then it's on to Wyoming for a three-week project with NOMADS at a church camp.

Colorado

Well, I'm back. I thought I might close the blog, since it's been a year, but some have said to keep going. I felt it was beginning to be repetitious, like I was saying the same thing. :)

So here goes....

I had a nice long visit in Pennsylvania. I got together with family and friends, had the Jambo inspected, went to several doctors' appointments, and did some other odd jobs. I spent a little time in Ohio visiting with family and friends there.

Now I am in Colorado. I came for a family reunion and stayed longer. There is not a NOMADS project in this state, so I thought I would volunteer a week with Habitat for Humanity.

I've been doing a variety of jobs.