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<\/a>Unnamed rock formation along an ATV trail<\/p><\/div>\n
Yesterday I participated in another group ATV ride. The weather was not great, but the morning mist did create some interesting views\u00a0of the canyons and rock formations through which we rode.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Group ride 4-1-17<\/p><\/div>\n
We reached the Colorado River and the Dolores River which flows into the Colorado, near the Utah border. Most of the day was spent on roads passable by regular vehicles (when dry) but a couple of the cross-connect trails were a little more challenging. It was a good outing despite the cooler temperatures and mud (plenty of mud).<\/p>\n
<\/a>My ATV after one muddy stretch<\/p><\/div>\n
Turning to other topics:<\/p>\n
I finally have a new assistant at work. His name is Jim, an internal hire with\u00a0quite a bit of previous experience in the IT field. We began Jim’s\u00a0training last Monday and he appears to be catching on quickly. After almost 6 months it will be good to have another IT person available to help support the four\u00a0locations for which I am responsible.<\/p>\n
Pam’s boss\u00a0[the Assistant Registrar\u00a0at the local community college]\u00a0was scheduled to retire in May, but has agreed to stay on through June\u00a0to help train her replacement. Hiring\u00a0was comical – the Assistant Registrar had told management of her retirement plans over a year ago<\/em>. A last-minute search did not turn up any qualified “outside” candidates so the job is going to an in-house candidate \u00a0(who initially had not wanted the job), almost a\u00a0last minute substitution. I’m not sure I would have changed my retirement plans to accommodate management\/HR. Pam will be supervised by someone younger than her daughter for the first time in her 47-year work career.<\/p>\n Around the house spring chores have begun. I will need to move the RV back into\u00a0our yard from winter storage, take the snow blade off the John Deere tractor, and get the lawn mower blades sharpened. Our irrigation water will be turned on in two weeks and our cherry tree is beginning to blossom. Last week I spread Scotts Turf Builder on the lawn, mostly to help control dandelions. A few tulips have bloomed and trees are getting greener every day. However, the on-line forecast has below freezing temperatures for next Tuesday night so winter had not relinquished its hold completely — yet.<\/p>\n That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!<\/p>\n Pam’s Two Cents Worth:<\/p>\n “Pam will be supervised by someone younger\u00a0than her daughter for the first time in her 47-year work career.” \u00a0Need I say anything more about it being time to retire???<\/p>\n House hunting: I think there is a likelihood we may\u00a0end up in Oregon or Washington for winters in retirement. \u00a0Housing prices are a bit more reasonable than Colorado, and we are familiar with the dreary and rainy winters, having lived in the Pacific Northwest\u00a0in the 1980s (Toby was born during that time). I am still looking for a\u00a0stream\/river\/lake\u00a0on or near the property;\u00a0we would consider\u00a0fixer-uppers. \u00a0Apparently many of the fixer-upper\u00a0properties are cash only sales (can’t\u00a0pass the housing inspection, no doubt). Like this one: \u00a036066 Tree Farm Road, Scio, OR<\/a>. \u00a0No rush on securing an out-of-state property\u00a0—\u00a0we can save up our money for a cash sale.<\/p>\n Happy Trails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No one item dominated this last week so here are updates on a variety of topics including the chipper, an ATV ride, work, and around the house chores. I’ve picked up a few more of the small bits and pieces needed (or wanted) to bring the chipper into full operating condition. I changed the hydraulic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4805"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4814,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4805\/revisions\/4814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}