Summer Program Crowd Arriving

We have a special program - among many others - that allows for people to place their RV's on a site for the summer. The program begins now and runs through July. Essentially, the rig stays on the same site for the whole time, but the owners can only come to use it on weekends. The cost is $3000. They can extend for another 3 months - for another $3000 - and stay until after Labor Day. It's amazing to us that people would spend that kind of money to use their RV for just about 8 days a month. The majority of the people that sign up for the program are Cubans from Miami that only come out here to party all weekend. It has caused a problem in the past, as you can imagine. People wanting to sleep and enjoy some quiet time are constantly complaining - from what we are told. Aside from feeling like we are living in "Havana North", it would be nearly impossible to enforce any rules during that time. Thank goodness we'll be gone.

The Business Manager - and the one that hired us in the first place - had her last day yesterday. She left with no fanfare and not even a goodbye or good luck between us. That's an example of the tension and stress that she has created. She and her husband (who works here in maintenance, and is a genuine nice guy) have purchased a home in Sebring, FL and will retire there. That leaves only the park manager who is also leaving soon. We expect to give our notice when we receive our paychecks next week. We will offer to stay on and help until they obtain replacements, but we will move on sooner if they want us to. It is with mixed feelings that we leave. The area is terrific, but the job has been far less than expected.

Conversations continue with alternative job locations. We are still focusing on returning to Cody, but we heard that oil prices jumped $2 per barrel again yesterday which translates to higher gas prices at the pump. At $8 per gallon for our 2 vehicles, Cody may be too expensive an option at this time. We have been talking to campgrounds in NY, PA, SC, TX and AZ. With higher gas prices, it probably is in our best interest to go somewhere closer. Arizona is also probably too far at this time. Maybe we'll win the lottery and then we can buy a house in Hawaii and not worry about anything...