Winter Excursion 9, Day 112 The Life of a Camp Host

It was cold last night with temps in the teens. We had a couple of faucets freeze up in the campground due to campers not dripping their faucets when asked to. Luckily none of them broke and we were able to thaw them out.  We will be glad when these freezing temps go away. Here's a pic of our pedestal this morning. I call it our "Ice Field"!

The campground is only half full so it's been a slow day.

The find of the day was this Trailer Jack Block.

The camper must have pulled out from their site with this jack block still holding the tongue jack as it dug a fairly deep hole in the site when they pulled out. I just hope it didn't bend their jack arm. These things cost almost $50! That's why mine are homemade!

Winter Excursion 9, Day 111 The Life of a Camp Host

Thursdays are our new favorite day. Both the maintenance guys are here so Cath and I can leave the campground to do some shopping and grab lunch somewhere besides the camper.

We checked the bathhouses this morning and then left around 0930. We went to the Class VI at the Air Force Base and then headed to downtown Macon to a joint called The Rookery. Here's a few pics.

The food was excellent and the prices are right. The Allman Brothers Band used to frequent this restaurant. The atmosphere is really cool!

After lunch we hit Wally World and a store called the Sausage Factory to stock up for the coming week.

We got back to camp around 1530. We checked the campers and dripped all the faucets again as temps will be close to the teens tonight.

The find o the day were two fire bricks.

I googled 11/4 Split and found out it is the size of the fire brick. Interesting!

Winter Excursion 9, Day 110 The Life of a Camp Host

It was a cold rainy day. We spent as much time as we could in the camper. We had a few campers leave and just two arrive. I think it will remain slow as nighttime temps are forecast to be below freezing.

We did have a find of the day.

The only thing I can think of is that it is a mini flying saucer. I have no idea what galaxy it may have come from. LOL!
 

Winter Excursion 9, Day 109 The Life of a Camp Host

It was a nice slow, relaxing day. We had a few camper leave and a few arrive. Did our normal duties and spent most of the afternoon outside by the campfire.

I found another "root" That reminded us of a large bird head. We put it with the snake! I looks like they are fighting.

The find of the day was this lure. 

The fisherman in this area must be rich or just trying to fill my tackle box.

 

Winter Excursion 9, Day 108 The Life of a Camp Host

After yesterday it was nice to have a normal day. Campers coming and going, bathhouses to clean, and campers to help. I did blow off all the campground roads. There was still lots of small debris from the storm.

The afternoon was nice after it warmed up a bit and we sat by the campfire and relaxed.

We dripped the faucets again and yakked with a few of the campers while going around dripping.

The find of the day was something we had never seen before. Here's a few pics.

It is brand new. I found it at one of the sites I cleaned today and yes it is a plastic, fold up toilet!  It even has a toilet paper holder that clips to the side. After I showed it to the staff here no one wanted it. It is now in the dumpster!

 

Winter Excursion 9, Day 107 The Life of a Camp Host

Today was a Camp Host day to remember. It was also a very long one!

The day started at 0330 when the weather radio started going nuts with watches and warnings. At 0430 we got a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. We notified all the tent and popup campers and recommended they go to the bathhouses. At 0510 we got a Tornado Warning for this exact area. We notified almost all the rest of the campers and sent them to the bathhouses. Cath and I got completely soaked doing all these notifications. The storm hit at 0550. We had two more campers to notify, but could not see two feet in front of the Host Cart due to the wind, rain, and darkness. We headed to the bathhouse with the rest of the campers. We could not have been wetter if we had jumped into the lake! By 0630 the storm had passed. Our park sustained no damage to facilities or campers. We had dodged a bullet. There were two confirmed tornadoes in the area one just to our north and another just to the south. Another park about 20 miles away had trees down on vehicles and facilities. Temps during all this were in the 60s.

After we surveyed the campground we went back to the camper and dried off and ate some breakfast. I went back out and removed any large debris from the campground roads. When we cleaned the bathhouses they were muddy from all the goings on this morning and it took us a while to clean them. In the afternoon we got a little down time and Cath got a short nap. We still had sites to clean for incoming/outgoing campers. After 1700 we had to drip all the pedestal faucets as temps are going below freezing tonight. Nighttime temps are forecast below freezing for the rest of the week. Thursday night will be in the teens!

After dripping we headed back to the camper and enjoyed some Curry Crab Bisque with some Ciabatta Bread. I forgot to mention there was lots of wine involved.

I hit the rack shortly after dinner and Cath was not far behind.

We did have a find of the day during all of this. I found this light on one of the sites that the campers had left early due to the storm.

It is now at our site.

Today was a day to remember!

  

Winter Excursion 9, Day 106 The Life of a Camp Host

Although the campground is full it was not a busy day. No one was leaving and none arriving. We did our normal chores and just hung around camp.

The find of the day was these bones.

I'm guessing there is a pair of twin dogs that are sad today!