COTTAGE GROVE.......SCHWARZ CAMPGROUND

We would be meeting Mark, the  Head Ranger, who had been our Contact Person for this job. at Walmart, it took about 3 hours to get to Cottage Grove.

Mark  was very nice, but nothing like I expected!  We have had many conversations over the last two years, and I felt like I sorta knew him.  He led us out to what would be our new home for the summer. He also told us he will be retiring in July.

This is the Gate Attendants Booth, where we will be working.

Our Large Site.......

As large as this site is, it took Darrell  quite a while to get the RV into it's space.

We met a few of the Volunteers, they seemed friendly and nice.

The next day Mark came out  showed us around the Booth, gave us our Training Manual  and we get our two sets of keys.  We are on the Row River, the Dam is above us. Mark drove us around  Dorena Lake. We also met three more Rangers. As  hard as Darrell tried we could not get a Dish signal and only one bar on my phone, we had Internet, but it was soooo slow. We had a few days off before starting training on Monday.