2 August 2018 - Thursday

2 August 2018 - Thursday

Ohhhh what a long day we have had today!  We had our first assignment at the Welcome Post at 5:30am.  We greeted a ward group of 108 from Sixth Crossing at 6:15am.  They were right on time!  Our next group of 460 were due at 7:00am.  They had not shown up by 7:30am so the office called Sixth Crossing to see where they were.  On their own personal itinerary they were scheduled at 10:00am, and had called the office this morning to change that to 11:00am.  However, there was no office personnel to answer the phone at 7:30am, so they made arrangements with the answering machine!!  

I got this early morning picture of the sunrise over the Devil's Gate landmark;

About 6:05am sunrise

We went back to the trailer at Missionary Village and made a lunch since we had to return at 10:30am and cover it until our group got in at 3:00pm.  And then, we had the Trail Guide assignment at 3:00pm to guide them into the Cherry Creek campground.  The group we were assigned to at 3:00pm, had another 460 trekkers in two groups of 230.  Mom and I had the second group, and, to our surprise, they had no trek leader.  He was in the first group!  Now, having no leader, I found this was an interesting group to lead!  

As we were approaching their campground at 6:00pm, the wind picked up, and the gales were reportedly up to 40 mph.   And it was a head wind!  With the time delays of the trekkers, we had 18 buses come in for the day.  And the Outfitting Post was pretty busy!

The bus backup for the group that was over 3 hours late this morning.

Needless to say, mom and I are beat.  We take this group through the 7 mile trek tomorrow, beginning at 8:30am at Cherry Creek campground.  That is why this is a short post and I will have more details tomorrow.  Here is a picture of the group on the first leg of the trek to camp;

230 trekkers coming over the first set of hills

Attack and adjust are not just action words here in the mission field!  I think the important thing is to make this effort as positive as possible.  Mom and I were both ready for bed by the time we got home at 6:30pm.  More tomorrow!