Monday, February 4, 2008

What Robin actually does

Robin works for the National Park Service and is Utilities Supervisor. Right now, he's doing a lot of snow removal (over 3.5 feet of snow the past few days!). See pictures of Robin working and Karen (sorta) working.

Sometimes, he's taking care of the water treatment plant, checking on generators, rehabbing/remodeling interiors of buildings, doing building or mechanical repairs, unloading a barge -- you just never know.

Typically, he has the usual, unpredictable, crazy Alaskan days, too. For example, instead of sitting down at the desk for a couple of hours to knock out a project plan or place a supply order as he planned, he ends up spending half the day evicting a family of marmots. (Really -- a family of marmots had moved in under one of the buildings. They were stinking up the place and causing damage so he had to hunt them down, clear them out and secure the perimeter.)

Other times, he could be going up bay to work on a fuel barge or floating cabin or driving a boat around. (You can see some of those pictures here.)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Robin,

How's it going? Give me a call some time.

Mike Wagner
(717) 451-2912.

KIA said...

Hi Mike. Karen here. Robin says he'll call you soon! And think about coming up fishing this summer....