Winter Excursion 8, Day 155 The Life of a Camp Host

It was a busy day. We had 18 campers arrive, the campground is full.

In the afternoon we just relaxed and watched everyone arriving. People watching never gets old!

We had a pair of boys ride by our site over 1/2 a dozen times. Each time they waved and said Hi! I finally asked them if they knew how to fly a kite. They answered "no". So the Camp Host turned into a flight instructor. They had a blast. Their Mom eventually came over to the field to see who the Old Man was playing with her boys. I think she was relived to hear I was the Camp Host.

The find of the day was more precious metal.

As with all the metal I find I'm almost sure it is solid gold!
 

Winter Excursion 8, Day 154 The Life of a Camp Host

The rain started last night around 0400 just after our NOAA radio siren went off to inform us we were under a tornado watch. The tornados never happed, but all across the south there were plenty of them. The campground looked like a lake this morning, cleaning sites was almost impossible. By afternoon it had dried out due to the winds. We cleaned up as best we could.

I hit the hay last night around 2000 as I had been up since 0400. Around 2100 Cath woke me up as a couple was looking for a campsite and of course the office was closed since 1700. I got dressed and took them over to site #2. About the same time another camper showed up and headed to their site, but they wanted some firewood. This was at 2130! It was a long day for the Camp Host!

The find of the day was more fishing tackle due to the flooded campground.

It now lives in my tackle box.
  

Winter Excursion 8, Day 153 The Life of a Camp Host

Jerry and Carolyn hit the road around 1000. We said our goodbyes at the dump station.

We spent the rest of the morning doing camp maintenance.

Our Host Friend, Carolyn, and her dog Hamlet arrived around noon.

We ate some subs she had brought and sat at the picnic table until almost 1600 yakking! She had to get back to Hamburg State Park as she is working tomorrow.

The find of the day is this pink thing.

I'm not sure what it is, but it's now in the trash!

  

Winter Excursion 8, Day 152 The Life of a Camp Host

After the Exciting Easter Weekend we slept in until almost 0900 this morning!

We spent the day doing some camp maintenance and people watching.

Jerry & Carolyn came over in the late afternoon and we shared a nice Gyro dinner with them. The will be leaving tomorrow morning, The two weeks with them went by really fast. We will hook up again when we get home.

The find of the day was this gold earring.

It's just one more piece of priceless jewelry I've found on this trip. I'll get it all appraised when we get home. We may even be millionaires now and not even know it! 
  

Winter Excursion 8, Day 151 The Life of a Camp Host

Happy Easter!

The entire campground was awakened at 0650 by a barking dog! The dog barked continuously for over an hour and a half! It was the same dog that caused all the ruckus two days ago on Site #6, but this time it was chained up outside Site #8. We tried calling the campers but they were nowhere to be found. Finally the folks from Site #6 came back and we had a short discussion about this dog. Seems they didn't want to leave it in the camper while they were in church with all the folks in Sites 5,6,7,8,9,and 10 because the dog would tear up the camper! During all of this we received many, many complaints!

For the past few weeks we (the hosts) have noticed a SUV come into camp, park at the bathhouse, use the facilities and leave. It usually happens early in the morning. The camp manager told us to try to get the license plate number. Since I was out and about at 0700 due to the dog I watched the vehicle come into the campground and went over to the bathhouse to confront the owner. She was not happy and probably embarrassed that she had been caught. Seems she is in a campground down the road whose facilities are not as nice as ours and decided it was OK to use ours! I got her plate number and hopefully she does not return. 

After an exciting morning we once again played "bathhouse police" in the afternoon. The crowd was a little smaller today, but just as upset with us for denying them the use of the campground bathhouse.

It was an Easter weekend to remember!

We had a really nice prime rib dinner with Jerry and Carolyn at our camper in the evening.

The find of the day was these Easter Eggs.

At least the Bunny was nice to us!
   

Winter Excursion 8, Day 150 The Life of a Camp Host

It was a fairly peaceful morning and then the fun began. There was over 100 folks in the day use area across from the campground and just as we were finishing cleaning the bathhouse they decided they wanted to use the campground facilities instead of the older facilities in the day use area. So we became the bathhouse police and that did not make us any friends with the day use folks. We dislike doing that, but the campers pay for their site and the day use folks do not.

The find of the day was this wheel weight. 

It must have fell off of a truck as I found it in the dump station. I'll bet that vehicle has a nice shimmy!

Winter Excursion 8, Day 149 The Life of a Camp Host

Our first day on duty for the three day Easter weekend and the campground is full.

The weather is perfect, low 70s, sunny, light breeze.

This morning at 0710 I was drinking my coffee in the camper when I heard a dog start barking. I also noticed a truck at the bathroom. Around 0730 I put two and two together and went over to the bathhouse. This guy was brushing his teeth after a shower. I asked if he was in site #6. He mumbled "yes". He knew exactly where this was going. I told him it was a little early to have his dog barking for over 1/2 hour and besides it is illegal to tie up a dog outside while you are gone. He again mumbled "sorry". We didn't hear that dog again all day!

Cath and Carolyn went into town to do some shopping after we did the bathhouse. Jerry, I, and the dogs spent the afternoon outside.

The find of the day was this airplane.

It's about the size of a silver dollar and doesn't fly worth a damn. It's now in the trash!