I came here from the Seattle area eight years ago and I was contemplating retirement from a great career as a King County paratransit driver and supervisor. After hunkering down in the cabin during our first winter here, writing code, I was both broke and bored. Retirement? Out of the question…
I started driving part-time for the local bus service called the Cart Bus, which was bought out by my current employer TRPTA. With Cart we had a nice little office, a place to hang between rides, a computer to print manifests and a bathroom!
Our office eventually went away as dispatch moved to Idaho Falls and all we had left was a place to park the buses overnight. During the day Karen and I started staging our buses at Broulims (the local supermarket) or in the Mormon church parking lot.
Office space has been really tough lately. Broulims has been reworking their parking lot and now the church is totally destroying theirs…
Looks like something is going to be coming.
Yea, a new parking lot. They had to tear down the old one, lowered by at least one foot, to put in this new one. The church needs their parking lot as I’ve seen cars overflowing here attending popular funerals. I personally know a lot of elderly Mormons in this valley that are banging loudly on the door to heaven!
Yea for trpta
Y’all can always hang out in the yoga parking lot. It’s big and empty.
Sorry kd, it ain’t that big. I have to swing my long bus wide to avoid your awning. Thanks anyway…