Working Amazon

For the next 11 weeks, we will be working at Amazon's warehouse distribution center here in Coffeyville, Kansas. We are actually employed by Express Employment. They have about 300 workampers working all different shifts. We haven't actually started yet. Friday will be our first day, since we signed up to work the weekend shift. We will be working from 6:30am to 5:00pm, Friday thru Monday. 4 10 hour days. They say that the work isn't hard, however, you are on your feet for the whole time. When we filled out the paperwork last summer, they asked if we wanted days or nights, and if we wanted a stationery position or one with walking involved. Ed has always been a machinist and has always stood in one spot for long days, so he signed up for a stationery position. I signed up for the walking, since I do better moving that standing in one spot. (Also hoping that I will lose some of the weight I have added over the past year!!)

I bought a good pair of walking shoes while in Virginia. Hope they help. Express is paying for our site plus $10.50 an hour. We are also expecting some overtime once we get past Thanksgiving.

Home Sweet Home for the next 11 weeks.


Our gathering place. The workampers in the motorhome have set up a book swap. They have all the books in plastic bins.


We got very lucky when we found this spot. This is one of the only 50 amp sites on this side of the park. We also have water and Express also pays for a honey wagon that comes around 3 times a week. So, I can run our small electric heaters and also have the refrigerator and water heater on electric. This will save on our propane which is the only thing we have to pay for ourselves. Weather so far has been dismal. It rained, or should I say poured, for 2 days last week and we discovered that we have a lake outside our door if we get that much rain at once. It has since dried out, we have put away our rug and I went to the dollar store and bought a couple more rubber mats to help with mud. I keep hoping that we will see an Indian Summer soon. Seems way to early to be this cold for the rest of the year.

My posting might not be very often, but will try to keep up as things occur. With so many workampers here, I am sure there will be pot lucks happening soon!!