Wyoming... Pt. 1-Don't worry... I will

Well my bloggy friends, after a week (ok 5 days) in Wyoming and a weekend to unwind back in civilization, I think it's time to update you on the amazing mess that was my trip.
(names have been changed to protect the innocent bystanders)

Backstory (in case you live under a rock) - I work for the Census Bureau and the region that I've been working in has been completed. Thusly, they decided to send some of us good eggs to help in Wyoming where they were having some... issues... I was one that got picked... We left on Monday

Day 1- Steph took me to Safeway to our meeting point. There were 7 of us going none of whom I had ever worked with, seen, or talked to except for one phone conversation with McD, our CL. We were to meet at noon and at 10 til we pulled in and had no idea what to look for. We were going in government vehicles wich look just like any other vehicle just with different plates. We drove around the parking lot to no avail so we parked in the back to keep an eye on things. Finally I saw a guy walking across the parking lot with a suitcase, dead give away that you AREN'T there to grocery shop! I got out of Steph's car and met my new co-workers. Already there was OG, Game Master, and our ACL, Sandwich. Co-Pilot showed up soon and there we were, 5 strong, waiting for McD +1 to get there. at 12:30 they showed up and I became one of 3 women, though CLEARLY the guys were going to be more fun. McD said that I should ride with her and +1 so we could have a girls car and a guys car.... ummm... ok, sure. The ride was terribly boring but I got a lot of knitting done so that was good. Every once in a while during the 6 1/2 hour drive they spoke to me, but I wasn't begging to be part of the conversation so I pretty much remained in my little iPod world.

Once we got to Rock Springs we had to go to the airport to pick up our rental cars... this is their idea of an airport....


and what airport could be complete without dead animal heads mounted on the walls??



We had to call the girl from the rental car company to come and give us our cars. They were open but a note on the counter said that she was "in town cleaning cars. Call for assistance". So we waited and watched the end of the Bulls/Celtics game (awesome!) on TV. The only other person we saw while there was the 1 TSA agent that works there... yeah... big airport.

My car was a red Chevy Aveo. As long as it gets me from point A to point B who cares right??? I was soon to find out that that theory was not even close to being right.



We caravaned into town and went to dinner at a terrible place, but it was 10 o'clock at night and we were starving. Finally we checked into our hotel and went to sleep. The next day was to start at 8am... and start it did.