Tuolumne Meadows - 2018
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 11:46 am
Just a quick update. The phone call just came, the Tuolumne Store is scheduled to open June 6th...(almost two months earlier than last year). Looks like a 4-month season ahead - as they say, living the dream.
The way Aramark works is that each new employee, (or in my case as a seasonal, a re-hire) we again "get" to attend three 2-hour classes (paid though), covering such important topics as Safe Food handling, ...(recognizing/ selling to drunks, Bogus ID's, etc)...How we are to engage everyone with a smile..all the typical corporation Walmart greeter stuff. We also have to listen to the same "housing rules" lecture...yada yada, all part of a yearly ritual.
Thankfully, they also say Tioga is to open up this Monday. The plan is to pack up the Jeep, drive over the pass Tuesday and check out things out...maybe stay a night TM. Next day, drive down to the Valley, check in, get my Aramark ID...hopefully take the classes...probably dirtbag a little more too...maybe grab an art class. BTW, Interested to see the new location of the relocated Yosemite Art Center...recently moved from Yosemite Village to Happy Isles.
After hanging out in the Valley for a few days, then will hitch back up to the Meadows - grab a wilderness permit, and maybe hike down the Yosemite Creek trail starting at Porcupine flats...probably kill a few days drawing along the way. Valley again, another art class - finish up my Aramark classes, and eventually drive back June 1 to TM where we are directed to move into Summer quarters and all the employees are supposed to report...re-establish Club Med. Then it all starts.
Most of my summer packing here in Mammoth is done...still have to lay in a handle or two - maybe a good Rye? (thinking Templeton Rye, known as The Good Stuff, works.)...have to see what's on sale at Von's as to a Single Malt. We always try to observe past Club Med traditions like Manhattan Tuesdays...martini Wednesdays, etc.. You always have to think ahead living that isolated, as it's 50 miles to a real store...the tough summer Meadow conditions and all.
Will be coming back to Mammoth monthly...will try to check in here then as we have no easy wilderness internet access up there. If ever in Tuolumne, drop by the store and say hi. As always, don't expect too much from me though.
Stay tuned!
markskor
The way Aramark works is that each new employee, (or in my case as a seasonal, a re-hire) we again "get" to attend three 2-hour classes (paid though), covering such important topics as Safe Food handling, ...(recognizing/ selling to drunks, Bogus ID's, etc)...How we are to engage everyone with a smile..all the typical corporation Walmart greeter stuff. We also have to listen to the same "housing rules" lecture...yada yada, all part of a yearly ritual.
Thankfully, they also say Tioga is to open up this Monday. The plan is to pack up the Jeep, drive over the pass Tuesday and check out things out...maybe stay a night TM. Next day, drive down to the Valley, check in, get my Aramark ID...hopefully take the classes...probably dirtbag a little more too...maybe grab an art class. BTW, Interested to see the new location of the relocated Yosemite Art Center...recently moved from Yosemite Village to Happy Isles.
After hanging out in the Valley for a few days, then will hitch back up to the Meadows - grab a wilderness permit, and maybe hike down the Yosemite Creek trail starting at Porcupine flats...probably kill a few days drawing along the way. Valley again, another art class - finish up my Aramark classes, and eventually drive back June 1 to TM where we are directed to move into Summer quarters and all the employees are supposed to report...re-establish Club Med. Then it all starts.
Most of my summer packing here in Mammoth is done...still have to lay in a handle or two - maybe a good Rye? (thinking Templeton Rye, known as The Good Stuff, works.)...have to see what's on sale at Von's as to a Single Malt. We always try to observe past Club Med traditions like Manhattan Tuesdays...martini Wednesdays, etc.. You always have to think ahead living that isolated, as it's 50 miles to a real store...the tough summer Meadow conditions and all.
Will be coming back to Mammoth monthly...will try to check in here then as we have no easy wilderness internet access up there. If ever in Tuolumne, drop by the store and say hi. As always, don't expect too much from me though.
Stay tuned!
markskor