August 15: Is That What Petroleum Jelly Is For?

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

​They are starting to put out the wildfire. I can see their camp on a hillside to the west.

My hands aren’t cracking quite as bad, but they still have cracks and feel like fine-grain sandpaper on the backs. I’ve been using lotion and petroleum jelly for the cracks. Wes 2, the fisherman, said to put petroleum jelly all over my hands and let it soak in and to use a good-quality lotion. I’ve tried the jelly yesterday and today and it helps. 

Keith was quite talkative and congenial today. He even caught himself once and changed sh** to cr**. He said that I would do well here in the winter.

We had very good homemade pizza for lunch. There were only 7 staff members present, so there was plenty to eat and cleanup was easy.

At breakfast, Sam asked the wranglers about the bag of coins I found yesterday. Nobody knew anything about it. Now I have a bag of coins, pills, and a bottle of gloves. All but the coins will go in the trash. 

Summer staff are leaving, a few at a time, depending on when their colleges start.