Busy Day in Town

Our trip to Cottonwood yesterday was split into two halves - the first half was successful and the second half was frustrating.

We first stopped at Out of Africa to see if Josie could take her "pee" test for employment - drug test, in other words - and to pick up the note for the post office that stated she was hired and would be in the area. The post office required this for the PO Box (?). We went to the place for her test and got that out of the way. The next chore was to find a replacement bulb for one of our track lights that went out. Our first attempt at the RV store in Cottonwood was negative. They pointed us to Home Depot and that was successful. After lunch at Denny's, we went to Verizon to get Josie's replacement phone programmed and left there at about 2 PM.

The second, and frustrating, part of the day began with a stop at the Thousand Trails campground to find out about work opportunities for Bob. They informed us that their corporate office has forced them to "stretch" duties for the existing staff and would not be adding any more member workers. Bummer. The manager then told us that beginning in March, the high season, we have to stay out of the park for 28 days instead of the normal 1 week. We then went to the Western Horizon campground to meet the manager and also find out from her about working opportunities. She will not know how much leeway she has for workers until November 1 which is the day we check in. Anyway, she said that Western Horizon will have the same rule for the high season beginning in March that a member must stay out for 28 days instead of the normal 1 week. We will have to address that situation before March.

The last, and most frustrating stop, was the post office. We handed the application to the clerk along with the note on Out of Africa letterhead. She said the note wasn't enough. She asked if we had a bill, or something with our name on it with a physical address in Camp Verde. Sheesh! If we had a bill that showed a physical address we wouldn't need the PO Box, would we? It seems now that we have to get a receipt from the campground that has our name on it and the address of the campground. Now isn't that dumb? We will only be in the campground for two weeks before we move to the next one. We'll do whatever they want.

We arrived back at the lodge and took the freezer to the storage area in back of the lodge along with our little patio swing. Today we work all day and again tomorrow for our last days of working here this season. It is 24 degrees outside so the move to warmer areas will be welcome...