Hello everyone,

I just wanted to comment on my summer job at Lake Powell-Halls Crossing. Let me start by saying that it was the most fun, most amazing, most awesome thing that I have done in my life.

I do have to mention that the General Manager, Jay, was probably one of the best persons that I had ever met out there and I just want to say that he was amazing!

Tomorrow some 40 crew members will leave on a Hercules C17 for McMurdo Bay. The remaining 14 will filter out during the next two weeks. As for me I am scheduled to leave on November 3rd with a one night lay over in McMurdo and arrive in Christchurch on the 5th.

I have accepted the…

We went without sun from March til September down here. Now the "summer" begins.

We are waiting the arrival of the first passengers, though waiting on their arrival has been painful. We have almost finished the stations Spring “House Mouse” cleaning this past weekend and will do some touch ups the day of their arrival to insure the…

Companies have no business asking for social security numbers prematurely. They will need it if they are running background checks on you. And they will need it once you're hired. But it should be a red flag if they ask for it on an application form.

The Wall Street Journal went off on this on October 9 in an article titled, …

I arrived in Wickenburg Arizona at the Kay El Bar about three weeks ago. I'm sure I made the right choice for the season. It is a lot of work getting the ranch ready. I have done more manual labor in the last three weeks than I have in the last decade.

I've also been a hike/rock-climbing combo up Vulture's Peak. I've been on a couple of rides. Seen a couple of scorpions, and a tarantula, and tons of lizards...but nothing has bitten my butt yet. Well, have picked out a few…