Pre Holiday Activity

Yesterday was the day for final preparations and tasks to prepare for the "big" crowd arriving today - 90+ check-ins. There were 23 arrivals yesterday which was the single most arrivals in one day before today. As part of my hosting duties, I help escort people to their sites and explain all the hookups and trash procedures. I also drove around the park looking for loose trash and, generally, checking that everything is ready to go. The park is spic-and-span. I took a few pictures of some of the decorations and other indications of the park readiness. Starting with the train:

I cleaned the train on Wednesday and they decorated it yesterday. There will be at least 4 train rides each day this long weekend. I tried to get a good shot of the park entrance which is decorated with red, white and blue banners and flags all along the white fence:

Unfortunately, they are hard to see in this shot, but you get the idea. While traveling around the park I also saw lots of our local "wildlife" out gathering their food and making their own preparations:

It seemed like a good shot of the squirrel silhouetted against the river. By the way, it is the Rappahannock River that connects with the Chesapeake Bay which is almost visible from here.

Our park conducts a search each month for the 3 top campsites to label "Campsite of the Month". These are, in the opinions of the management team, the sites that best represent the neatness and cleanliness that they expect from each homeowner. This is just one of the 3 for the month of May:

Each of these winners gets to display the Campsite of the Month sign for everybody to see. I guess it provides some incentive (?) for the owners.

It will be a very busy weekend for sure. Josie starts at 10 AM and works till 7 PM with an hour out for dinner. I work from 5 PM till 2 AM, also with an hour out for dinner. The difference for me is that we get the use of the Sheriff's deputy these next 3 nights to help with "party" control at night. I'm sure it will be interesting.

At least the weather appears to be cooperating - so far. It's sunny and breezy this morning and the forecast is for a slight chance of thunderstorms. As long as there are no tornado warnings, we'll take whatever comes...