New Hours and New Space

We could probably call this the beginning of phase 2 of our workamping experience here this year. Our new hours begin today at 6 AM and we will work till 4:30 PM. Also, we have resolved the parking problem by walking around the campground yesterday and locating a larger space. It is probably the largest space in the campground. The space is an end space along the third row of spaces and because it is on the end, has extra room on the opposite side of the space for parking another vehicle. This space was originally reserved by a returning workamper, but was freed when they decided to move to another location to be near returning friends when they all come back next month. It was a stroke of luck. We will relocate to that new space on our next day off which will be Tuesday. One of the reasons we chose the space we have is because there is nothing behind us except a field and the main road, off in the distance. This new location will also have nothing behind us as a result of being located on the turn in the campground at the end of the property. It always makes us feel more private when we are not surrounded by other rigs, and there aren't many locations here that offer that advantage.

A new routine will be established to accommodate the new schedule. That means that we will get up and go, almost immediately, to work. There will be no sitting around waiting for the 4:30 PM start. It also means that we will get home at a normal time for dinner, watch some TV and go to bed at a normal hour. It is a relief. The real advantage is that now our days off will be smooth as we won't have to adjust sleeping hours to take maximum advantage of the daytime.

There was a big storm that came through early last night and dumped .4" of rain. It was once again in the 90's yesterday, but the storm cooled things down a little. It is only 67 this morning as we prepare to go to work. We are getting closer to the cooler part of the season, and just hope we don't go directly from summer to winter. It can't be as cold as it was last year, can it? Once we know for certain that we are in our permanent spot here, we will make some minor preparation to the rig for possible cold weather down the road - like cover the sewer line with our 4" PVC pipe that we use occasionally. Other than that, we'll take it one step at a time as the weather changes. It's off to work for our first full day on the new shift...