Bridgecreek in West Covina

When we went into work at 11 AM yesterday, we informed Terri and Charlie that we wanted to leave by around 3 PM so that we could arrive in West Covina before all the rush hour traffic. Of course, we got busy and couldn't break away until 4:30, and we still had to pack our things. It was 5:15 PM by the time we got on the road for the 85 mile drive. It wasn't as bad as we thought it would be and we arrived at Bridgecreek at about 7 PM.

We were met by the co-managers that were on duty - the ones being promoted to managers and leaving for another community tomorrow. They took us on a tour of the community and it was remarkably similar to ours. Even to the detail of having the dining room on the second floor. This building is 30 years old though vs the 25 year old building at Arcadia Place. Our guest apartment is a different story. It is a 2 BR with only 3 chairs, a lamp and a TV in the living room, and a bed and makeshift night stand in one of the bedrooms and a chair and dresser in the second bedroom. Not even a table - anywhere in the apartment. The co-managers located a card table for us to use and that is all we have. It's hard to believe that anybody could gain a positive impression by staying in this apartment. I took 2 shots of the Bridgecreek Community this AM:

You can see our truck parked outside our door on the right, and also that it rained overnight. Below is the shuttle bus that is used here for the residents:

Just as we finished up on our tour last night, the Manager stopped by. It seems that they (he and his wife) have been on vacation for the last week and his wife went to visit family while he stayed here. Strange. It will be interesting to find out what is going on here.

We had some bad news during our tour when Josie received a call that her brother, Angel, died in Puerto Rico. Of course, we are sorry that we didn't make the trip to Puerto Rico in January, but it just wasn't possible. The call was from her sister Pauline and she indicated that their other brother, Louie, is doing well from his stroke he had last year.

Our day doesn't begin until 11 AM this morning which is when the manager asked us to come into the office. Had we known we weren't needed until 11 AM, we could have driven up here this morning. Nah, we would have done ecall duty last night at Arcadia if we had done that...