Miscellaneous Stuff

It was back to work yesterday and it still is pretty slow, business wise. This weekend will see the opening of the pool and slides park, so it will begin to pick up. There is some rain in the forecast so it may keep some people away.

One of the things we received for our use while working here is a golf cart. My job requires it, and Josie can ride to and from work with me which is all she needs it for. The only problem we have now is that there weren't enough chargers to go around for everybody that is assigned a cart, so I have to take it to the maintenenace shed at the end of the day in order to get a new charge for the next day. That will be a short term problem as they are getting some more new charges very soon. We're just happy to have the use of the cart, period.

The unique requirement that they had for workampers - previously - was that they maintain their spaces. That meant cutting the grass. Now, who carries a lawn mower with him when he is traveling in an RV? That is the most ridiculous thing we ever heard of. Anyway, our neighbor cut the grass on all our spaces the other day and he indicated that there is a maintenance individual that has been assigned that duty for this year. Good thing. Actually, he used a weed eater to cut the grass, but even that is something we will never carry with us. It is also the first time we have run into this kind of requirement, and we're glad they changed the rule.

There are workers here that started in February, to begin getting things together for the season. They all said it was the coldest, wettest and windiest winter they can remember. That is a common remark from people all over the east. The 75-80 degree days we have had recently are a blessing and a sign that maybe the summer will be a good, dry one. It certainly has been nice since we arrived almost 2 weeks ago.

It's another relatively short work day today - 6 hours - which leaves us a little more time in the afternoons. A new schedule will be issued today, so we are anxious to see how the hours change. We both are liking the work so far, so it's onward and upward...

Another Normal Day

Except for a storm that went through yesterday afternoon, there isn't a whole lot to say. It was heading for another hot day when the storm arrived at around 3:30 PM. The temperature at that time was 86 degrees and the storm cooled it down so that it was in the 60's by the time the dinner hour came for us at 7:30.

There was another potluck dinner for the workampers last night that we didn't attend. The dish that everybody had to bring was dessert, and we didn't want to go and stuff ourselves with food we would later be sorry we ate . Both of us are losing some unwanted pounds and that would have been suicide for the weight loss. There were lots of people that didn't go for the same reason.

Some forms were distributed to the workampers over the weekend to fill out if they planned to return next year. We will complete the form and submit it by the end of August. Karen and George are also planning to return and we all decided that, if we do, it would be for the AM shifts in the areas we work.  People that return get some benefits that first year workers don't receive - such as choice of shift, totally free site (now, we are paying $3 per day, $2 of which is returned at the end of the season in the form of a retention bonus), and choice of site for your rig. Things may change, but for now we are planning to return.

That's about it for today...