On 09/02/2018 at 09:05 PM,
by
Ranger1
And the busiest weekend for our state park system is at hand. And this year, it's even busier than usual because our governor decided to make them free for Maine residents. While this seems like a great idea, it's wreaking havoc with us foot soldiers (aka park rangers), because most of our parks have already put half or more of our crews on seasonal layoff, leaving too few rangers to deal with too many park visitors. My little park filled at 10:45 this morning, and it didn't let up until a little after 4:00 this afternoon. There were two of us to deal with it from the time we opened the gates at 9:00 until the closing person came in at 1:00, and one of us had to be in the booth. Michael has blisters and my arches are killing me from walking from one parking lot to the other for hours on end. What does that have to do with gaming you ask? It means I have zero energy left at the end of the day after I have walked the dog, made and eaten dinner, and cleaned up whatever messes the cat has left me, and I hate when my work life interferes with my gaming.