Our Workamping site for the Washington State Parks.
We were called and asked to fill in in August as the Historical Interpretive Guides at
this is very old, popular park that has been used for generations by area families who still love it.
We had two scripts to learn - and adapt to our own style- the Gun Battery Tour and a Base Hospital Tour (its the 3-story bldg in the background). Ava and I 'tag-teamed' our talks and, from comments, we believe it made it more interesting. Ava focused on "Life at the Fort" and had lots of human interest stories and a picture album she put together from archived material - I talked about the guns and the Fort's mission. There were tours 3 days a week, each about 1 1/2 hours (and a mile walk): Weds, Sat and Sun -morning and afternoon- but we had a helper for Sun a.m. so we could attend church. Below I am leading a group around one of a dozen large, cement gun batteries that made this a special Army fort. It was a little daunting at first but it was a really interesting 5 weeks and our services were appreciated by the Ranger staff and visitors.
After we didn't need 'study time' we filled in our 32 hours (total, together) a week with other activities.
Below is Ava helping the rental housing (barracks) by sewing up new curtains - the existing ones were rags! She enjoyed doing this and no one else could, or would, do it. I filled out my hours by doing housekeeping maintenance for these same old barracks that stayed full all summer with family reunions, HS band camps, and church groups. Most weeks there was hardly any 'turn-around' time before the next big group came in!
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