BTW... shocked to see that bears open car doors???

And shocked people obviously don't lock their car doors, hihi. Also shocking to learn that a bear could break into a car for a piece of gum??? WTF? Can also be attracted to deodorant, toothpaste... I had NO idea. Food, okay, I get that.

Sorry for turning this into a bear encounter thing, hihi, but this is all totally new to me!

Haha, yes they're quite intelligent... the bears that is, lol. I recently learned about the body fragrances like deodorant and such. I'll have to make sure not to use essential oils or deodorant when I go hiking. All the garbage dumpster and recycle bins have special latches inside a small opening to open the container. Otherwise the bear would easily open it.

Off to work I go, have a wonderful day Crystal

just curious !!!
how many customers do you have to deal with on an average day..... and do they all wear masks and practice all other restrictions?

Interesting!
And thank you :D Hope you had / are having a great day as well

We just opened last Friday. The first three days were pretty busy, yesterday was very slow and today was steady. Not sure exactly how many. Come full season it will be extremely busy. All the camping sites and lodging is fully booked. I was told the grocery store and gift shop each do about $30,000 daily. I can only imagine what the gas station will do. Fortunately we only allow 15 in the store at one time.

And being Federal property, everyone has to wear a mask or they can't enter. So far there's only been a hand full of people we had to tell to put on a mask.

Thank you, I did.

I'm enjoying meeting people from all over.

And I am sure they enjoy meeting you River as I did a few weeks ago at breakfast.

How’s the weather out there today? It’s snowing 🌨 like crazy here! But it’s not laying on the ground, up in the mountains there might be a couple of inches or so.
Mother Nature is off her meds again......yesterday it was sunny and 72°!

Hope you’re having a great day

Aww, thanks Poetry. I really enjoyed meeting you as well.

Haha, it was like that the other day. Sunny and close to 50 on Sunday and a small snow storm Monday morning. Right now it's about 47F and sunny. T-shirt weather, lol. Only because we're 6,700 feet elevation. Tomorrow will be in around 50F again, and then we're expecting 4 to 6 inches of snow tomorrow night, and rain on Friday. I'm off the next two days, so will venture out on a road trip tomorrow. I'll save my online training for Friday,

Work was fun, hope you had a great day Dee

Early crowds is one of my specialties

Thanks Bob, but I'm not too worried about it, I see it more of a law of attraction kind of thing. If I go into work being weary of the cranky 'gimme my coffee' kind of customers, then that's exactly what I will get. However, if I go in there bright and chipper, full of positive energy, then more often than not, I will get that in return. That's how it was for me in the two years I opened the C-store in New Hampshire. I've been blessed with the ability to see sunshine in darkness, and I'm pretty good at turning those frowns upside down.

Day 21

Happy Earth Day everyone!

I survived my first week of work, haha! There was a couple fleeting moments when I wondered what the heck I was doing and missing my old job that was nice and comfy. Getting a store ready for the season was a lot of hard work, and with it only being my boss and I until the rest of the crew show up, really long days. But so worth it, I'm adjusting very well to my new environment.

My new boss is thrilled with me and happy she didn't need to train me much, I was already familiar with the cash registers they use and the basics of running a gas station/convenience store.

Today and tomorrow are my days off. I'll be heading out soon to do a little sight seeing. Very cool that it happens to be Earth Day, I'm excited that I get to be out in nature on this day. There are some waterfalls outside of Jackson that my boss told me about, I'll be going there for sure. The weather is suppose to be nice, least until late tonight when we'll get more snow It's expected to rain tomorrow, so that'll be a good day to clean my room, finish my supervisor/management online training, and relax!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

You deserve some time off! Have a great day River!

have a great day of .... watch out for those beatsc..... dont forget to get that pizza while in Jackson!!!!

Thanks Cutie

Lol, my exact thoughts Slim. I'll be picking up that pizza on my way back

Hope you're having a really great day!

Happy Earth day

Hope you’re enjoying your day off and the beautiful scenery near you. It’s still cold and we’re having some snow flurries here today so I’m just staying in and keeping warm. Next week it’s supposed to be
in the 80s! We do have some crazy weather this time of year...

We had snow flurries this morning here. Sounds like you are having many new experiences River.

Thank you Crystal, I did! I hope you did as well.

Sounds crazy It actually sounds like New England weather about this time of year, lol.

I had an amazing time. On my way out of Grand Teton National Park I stopped to watch the moose. I had breakfast in Jackson before heading to falls.

I went through the Teton Pass to get to Swan Valley, Idaho where the falls are. Holy cow what a climb. The top is about 8,400 feet. The steepness was pretty much 10% grade the whole way through it. Gypsy (my car, lol) was a trooper, she had a tough time getting over 35/40 mph on some of the climbs, but we made it. On the way back I took a different route, less tedious and less dangerous.

Didn't see any bears, just the moose and a bunch of deer. The waterfalls were beautiful. I was up pretty high looking down, didn't get too close to the edge though because I was a bit woozy from the high elevation and all the twisting and turning through the mountains, haha. I'm happy to be back at 6,700 feet elevation, that's for sure!

Hope you had a nice warm day at home