Skags

Hello hello, I know I don't keep up with this blog thing (it is a little tough, not gonna lie) BUT I have been enjoying myself! Been taking mass pics and meeting new cats. It is great. Although sometimes it is tough with the loss of my bro,being away from my mom, and home but I have been trying my best to stay up and positive. Alaska is crazy. If I am not working I am outside doing something, and that is how I like it ;) . If I am not outside I am in my bedroom being lazy with my roomy Tay Tay. Lets see here...The Skagway life for me goes a little something like this:


Work- Wake up pretty early get ready and wear these lame little outfits (name tag and all) and head to the driver room and update this log book we have. We literally log every time we are on duty not driving, driving, off duty, what bus we are using, what we are doing, where we are, starting/ending mileage, and a few more things. Grab a "DVIR" Driving Vehicle Inspection Report which has all of the things we need to be checking before we take these bad boys out on the road, and by bad boys I mean buses. Soooo funny that I am driving a bus! 


Pre-trip-
Ok so in a nutshell we check every single thing on the bus that we possibly can. Make sure that it is safe and ready to be rolling. Usually you can get this done in 20 min but you have to give yourself more time because something could go wrong.


Tour- After all of the pre-trip and what not we roll on over to the dock that we are scheduled for. Wait there (we call that staging) and once the dock reps call us over (on the radio) we go over and park and wait for our guests. Once we have everyone on the bus we head out. It was a little weird the first few times but now everything seems pretty right. If you really think about it these people pay you just to tell them about the town and drive. Soooo sick. My favorite so far is the Yukon. It is about an eight hour tour. You see the best scenery, get out of Skagway, most likely see some bears, and get to hang out longer with your guests. Some others consist of going up to Fraser, BC to put the folks on the train..Others are in town or out to Liarsville for a salmon bake.




By the end of the day you feel very disgusting and have to go to the wash pad and get your bus washed, fueled, and clean the inside. By that point you feel even more gross, not gonna lie. The reason is because you are tired and have been sitting in a bus "all damn day" . Haha yeah.. 


BUT.. I can't complain! It is amazing! You are getting paid to drive around and talk about some sweet sweet history. What I can say is I want to know more! More about the geology and why certain things are the way they are. Like the Caribou and bears, etc. Just need to study up I suppose, do some research.




LIFE-


Now when I am not working.. Lets just say Skagway is a very small town but filled with some crazy crazy good times and people. We all like to go camping, have fires, go dancing, hiking, walk around, watch your roommates do crazy things like float the river, ride bikes, and pretty much anything we want to do. It is almost like we are all getting to know each other now and becoming one big crazy family haha. Well...Not exactly but you get my drift ;)


Here are a few pics :) I promise I will start blogging more, mucho lovins friends!

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