Rain and Exploring the New Area

It started raining - hard - during the night on Tuesday, and it kept up through most of the morning. I wasn't able to record the rainfall since we weren't totally set up until the rain stopped in the early afternoon yesterday. We are now totally set up in our space:

and it should be very comfortable for the next 4 months.

We finished up our paperwork for the office and stopped there to drop it off on our way out to visit the town of Mathews in the afternoon. They gave us our schedules for the month of May, and Josie and I are scheduled, at this point, for only 21 hours a week. We knew that the hours would be less up to Memorial Weekend when the park really opens for the busy summer season. There should be 40 hour weeks from Memorial Weekend through Labor Day.

The city of Mathews had a special attraction for us that we wanted to see - our closest Bank of America branch. It is about 12 miles from here and will only be used for our initial checks until we are placed on the Direct Deposit system in a couple weeks. The town is very nice and we got to see some nice homes along the way that define the Virginia style of homes. The one standout difference from what we have been seeing since we arrived in Florida is the landscaping. Of course, the palm trees have been replaced with oaks and maples and there are azaleas everywhere. It is a pretty change from what we have been looking at the last 5 months. Along with that change is a change in the weather. This morning it was 49 degrees outside and for the first time since January, we had to use extra covers on the bed. We're sure it will warm up fast enough.

Our new schedules have us working Friday-Sunday this week and we have Mon-Tue off. The first few days are training which is welcomed. It is something that is a lot better organized than Big Pine Key, where we were tossed to the wolves with no planned training at all. The first potluck dinner was rescheduled to tonight as a result of the rain yesterday. We are looking forward to meeting everybody there and also getting the opportunity to see the sister park at Bethpage. So far, so good...