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my fi ngers and saw my fi rst bobcat running across the path. It
was pretty interesting down there.
How old are you?
I will be 84 in February. So I've been doing it for a while, 20-
plus years, and I love it. And I pray the Lord will give me one
more year. I'd like to have two, but I'll just take it one at a time,
that's all you can do. One year at a time, one season at a time.
Tell me about your camper.
This is my fi fth new motor home. We started with a used
pickup with a 9½-foot slide-in camper. We went all over
California and everywhere with that thing.
We got a really nice one we wanted to retire in. When Glen
got sick, he said, "We need to get rid of this motor home
because you won't let me drive it anymore." I said, "You can
drive it, but we need to get something smaller." His foot
wasn't working real good. We thought it was a stroke, but it
was Parkinson's. So he said, "Why don't we trade it in and get
something you can drive?" So that's exactly what I did. That's
why it's small, and I can handle it.
What are some of your favorite park
memories?
I have a lot of good memories in this park. There have been a
lot of interesting people. We had some people from Denmark.
They rented an RV in California, and they toured. They stayed
here three or four days, and it was just fun to talk to them
because they were from a diff erent part of the world. We have
had some good Fourth of Julys out here.
It's been just a pleasant place to work.
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com. To learn more about Game and Parks' Campground Host
program and to apply, visit https://outdoornebraska.gov/about/
give-back/help-in-a-park/campground-host/.
Helen Brazee sits in front of her camper at Windmill State Recreation Area in Buff alo County. She has been a campground host
at the park since 2000. ERIC FOWLER, NEBRASKALAND
