Halloween and Glitch

This Halloween was very different from years past. First of all, I was always gone for this holiday for most of about 20 years before we went on the road as it always conflicted with hunting season. Josie always performed the Halloween duties with the kids during those years. Then, we rarely stayed anywhere that had enough kids to really celebrate the holiday. Last night, we both sat outside and handed out candy to about 20 kids before going inside for the night at around 7:30 PM. We have enough candy left over that we will have to fight temptation not to devour the high calorie remains.

Josie's second day at the store, and final work day of this week, went much better for her than the first. She will still be working at the Production Center as her main base of operations for this season. That means that she will be working at the Production Center entirely during holiday periods.

Now for the glitch. Our regulations for the Resort contain descriptions of site additions, rules for those, and generally, what is allowed and what needs approval from management. We have been sailing along with our site improvements and have followed the guidelines to the letter - except for one aspect of our additions. We purchased the second gazebo and began installation prior to gaining approval for the second one. That's a no-no. I received a call from the office informing me that the second gazebo was not approved because the rules do not allow it. What? The rules specifically state that only one car-canopy was permitted, but no mention was made of a restriction on the number of gazebos. I went to the office with rules and regulations in hand and respectfully asked them to show me where the rules limit the number of gazebos. They couldn't, and they admitted and agreed that the rules did not specify only one gazebo was permitted, but I agreed to remove one in the spirit of the rules that required me to obtain prior approval, which I did not. We submitted our request for the second one on the same day I began installation.

The management is attempting to truly create a Resort environment here, and they are strictly enforcing guidelines to try to get control of the poor management decisions of the past. We feel that the new approach is healthy for the Resort, and totally support them. We will take down the smaller of the gazebos and return it to Home Depot today. We will then continue with our improvements and additions with some modifications. I did get the pavers laid for the grill yesterday:

and the grill fits nicely on the new "patio":

Josie and I are probably going to carry those pavers over to the front steps of the fifth wheel, but that is not finalized.

We also received delivery of our new carpet for the larger gazebo which we are keeping:

The second carpet from the gazebo we are returning will be still be used for our planned eating area. Stay tuned for changes that will be made today as Josie is off from work and we hope to finish this phase of our additions by the time she returns to work on Monday..