Working in Yellowstone National Park this 2008 season!!!

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Comment by Karen on January 27, 2008 at 10:22am

Congrats Beth!!! I can't wait to see photos and notes about your experience.

Comment by Brenda on January 23, 2008 at 9:09am

Hey Beth, Congrats to you. I know Obsidian well, thats were I was at. They let me stay there because my work hours and location. Orrig in Lupine and had to walk to the Lodge every night working till 6:am So they let me Transfer to obsidian. Again congrats to you and have a great summer.

Comment by Chuck B on January 21, 2008 at 7:28pm

I have worked in Yellow Stone a couple of times. The first time was for the company that is now Xantara and the second time I worked for the gas stations. I have been a seasonal worker sense I retired about 12 years ago. I find that if you have a good supervisor and good co-workers things go well. If not it can be a bad situation. I never worked at that location but I did eat there on several occasions and the food was very good the last time but very bad the first time. Most EDR's vary a lot from year to year. They do serve a lot of starch. Do you remember dorm food?! Yellow Stone is a very big park and if you want to see it you will need a car or make friends with someone who has one.

Chuck

Comment by angel on January 21, 2008 at 8:18am

good deal congrats i was there in 02 as a server at ol faithful inn i justed applied hope it goes well w/ me crossing my fingers decent job beth just take care dress warm bring some shorts for july and august and a baything suit sunglasses good paie oh hiking boots and a good attitude they will work you obisidan is large dorm kinda loud at nite flassh lite for sure always stay close too the trails and be safe ps were are you from well its early here wish me good luck and you a safe journey i,ll chat w/ you later bye i,m angel any questions just ask ok

Comment by Kathy Brekken on January 20, 2008 at 11:14pm

Hi Beth! Congratsulationsd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am soooooooo happy that you will be at Yellowstone this summer!
Drop by Grand Teton on a day off and come on by. I will let you know where I will be as soon as I know-this week sometime. Take care, Kat

Comment by Shannon McMurrin on January 17, 2008 at 8:09pm

Beth - when did you apply? We applied on Jan 5th, and are checking the mail every day waiting for a response! Wish us luck! Shannon

Comment by Charles J. Kilroy Jr. on January 17, 2008 at 10:55am

Jason S. had an excellent approach to your upcoming Summer. Congrats on deciding to go!
Everybody loves to give advice, but it has been 30 years since I worked in the park at the Lake Hotel.
The work experience the park offered has lasted well over the years, the Lake Hotel kitchen dates to about 1917, so it is an excellent age.
The food I ate was an issue for me when I worked there. I could count on the salad, but the other items were hit and miss.
The town I live in right now has free meal sites, and the trick has been to eat all your food from them. You want to eat a candy bar from the store, or alternate with peanut butter and jelly/honey sandwiches not putting all your diet eggs in one basket. Then you want to eat all from the store instead of the cafeteria(free meal site for me now). It takes a leap of faith of sorts, but it looks like one needs to consider the option of eating everything from the cafeteria, that it is in fact the odd candy bar/sandwich item that is missing the spot. Plus , you are paying for the cafeteria food anyway in most cases. It also seems to me that at least one gal put forth this approach as working, but at 20 years old, I didn't come around to it.

Comment by Jason S. on January 17, 2008 at 9:26am

Congrats for joining the Xanterra family. I work for Xanterra at Mt. Rushmore and they are great to their people there. I hope you will have a great experience at Yellowstone this coming up season. :)