Dead at the Store

Yesterday was the absolute slowest day we've had at the store since we arrived. The total store business amounted to about $35 and with the credit card sales we had a total deposit of just over $200. Normal days in the summer were averaging $4,000, and more like $7,000 on weekends. We opened the store at 8 AM and didn't have our first sale until 10:30 - 2 bags of ice! The hours are going to be changed to 8 AM to 5 PM for weekdays now. There is only one more event scheduled - the Youth Elk Camp - on October 15 - 19. After that, it will be slow all the time until Spring with the exception of a lot of cabin business from hunters. There are only about 10 rigs in the campground now out of a total of 95 spaces. We closed the store at 5 PM and just as we were ready to leave, a gentleman walked up and needed a cabin for the night. That meant that we had to reopen the register and start a new shift so that we could process the paperwork. It turned out that his credit card declined and we had to turn him away. Bummer!

Today was a sleep in day for the first time in a week. Our plan is to go to Prescott and do our shopping and other errands. We received our Costco renewal notice yesterday and it included our annual Reward Gift that comes with the Executive Business Membership. We usually get a nice check but since we have been here and haven't visited a Costco since May, the check was very small. We will renew the membership again but will downgrade to the regular membership to save the $50 per year. Prescott has the nearest Costco so that's the main reason for going there instead of Payson or Flagstaff.

We'll have a nice, leisurely breakfast and head out about 10 AM.

Oh, and we had the RV Country repair people come out yesterday to look at our ice maker, which stopped working, and our water pump, which also stopped working. They are the folks that installed our new water system as you recall. They found that the ice maker motor is bad, and the water pump runs, but the pump doesn't produce any pressure to get water to the faucets. The ice maker is under warranty and they are getting a replacement for us, but the water pump supposedly is not covered under the three year warranty for the rig. The RV Country people are going to try to get the unit covered from the manufacturer anyway, but in the meantime, we had to pay for a new pump and await a reimbursement from the manufacturer. That was a nice $514 bill that we didn't anticipate.

Until tomorrow...