Plans Taking Shape

We found out that our manager, Marlene, would not be into work until later in the morning which changed our plans to give notice to her - slightly. Brenda, the most senior person remaining on the staff, was there, so we told her we were leaving. She was very emotional when she heard the news and said she really enjoys working with us and we can't leave. It also turned out that yesterday was Marlene's last day, so Brenda is acting manager. Marlene finally came in around 10 AM and Brenda thought we should tell her directly so Josie went into her during a lull in the morning and gave her the news. Apparently, Marlene is leaving earlier than she planned as a result of health issues. The stress of this job has worn her down to the point that her Doctor told her she would die if she didn't leave now. The pressure is off for us and we agreed to stay on through Easter weekend, which gives us another couple weeks. The company (Equity LifeStyle Properties) will have another of their managers from a different Florida park come in to help out for the next 2 weekends which will be busy with Summer Program arrivals.

Our conversations have ended with Horizon RV Resorts and we left it with them that they would contact us later in the summer for opportunities they have opening up in both Las Vegas and Santa Barbara for the winter. They are both good destinations for us and by then, we hope to be on our way back to the West. Our final decision is to follow through on the VA job offer, and we are planning to leave here around the 26th of April. After spending a few days near Josie's sister's house in Edgewater (Daytona Beach area), we will take a leisurely trip north to Topping, VA, and arrive around the 5th of May.

During the day yesterday there were clouds off the coast and a "Water Spout" developed. We didn't have our camera so we didn't get a shot of it, but it looked just like a tornado over the water. They are very common here and supposedly, get several hundred of these each year in this part of the Keys. They rarely touch shore though. I stopped at our rig while out on another park errand and grabbed our camera in case we saw another water spout. We didn't, but I got a couple shots of the office. This one is of the front desk area:

Brenda was in on her day off to get last minute instructions from Marlene before she left. The second one is of the entrance area looking into our mail room:

We will try to get better shots of the office before we leave.

We also had this picture of another Iguana that was walking past our site the other day:

Today will be our second solo day of the week and it shouldn't be too bad as the summer season only produces "mad" days during the weekends when all the Cubans come in from Miami. We'll be taking it a little easier now that we know there is a light at the end of this tunnel...