Winter Excursion 6, Day 182 The Life of a Camp Host

Today is our last day off and only one more work day until we leave.

I was just finishing my coffee outside when this dog came tearing through our campsite. He continued to run around like he was possessed, but I think he was just squirrel crazy. I tried to call him and get him on a leash, but he was having nothing to do with that. Turns out he lives just a mile or so away from here and "jail breaks" every once in a while. He did attack tis plastic flamingo near the park office.

We spent the day getting the camper ready to roll. It's been sitting for four months so lots of stuff was out of place.

Here's a pic of us with our co-host. Teri is leaving in the morning. We will all be back together next year hosting at this campground. 

Back on duty tomorrow, but it will be "light duty" as it's our last day. Tomorrow's blog post will have all the rest of "the finds of the day" as there are still quite a few I've not posted.

Winter Excursion 6, Day 181 The Life of a Camp Host

We left camp and drive to Ft Stewart again to hit the commissary and Class VI  before we leave on Saturday. Easy drive and the Post is empty as a lot of the units are deployed to Europe.

We stopped at our favorite meat market in Swainsboro and re-stocked our freezer. It wasn't cheap, but worth it to get some good meats. Prices are getting crazy!

Back at camp the find of the day was this stick I made for our co-host to be able to access the dumpster.

Here's the dumpster.

Here's the stick.

And here's where the stick lives when not in use. It's used to prop open the lid for vertically impaired folks.

We will see if it is there next year when we get back.

Winter Excursion 6, Day 180 The Life of a Camp Host

This is our second to last day as Host. We will miss it and look forward to next year.

Here's the find of the day. The camper that told me about it thought it was a butterfly nest. I got a kick out of that!

Just normal duties today. We will spend the next two days off and preparing to leave. It feels sort of strange after four months in the same place.

And BTW the tire repair on the host golf cart worked!
 

Winter Excursion 6, Day 179 The Life of a Camp Host

Back on duty today, but it was an easy day, just normal duties.

Took a pic of the rose bush in front of our site. Next year I will trim it back a little in January before it starts to wake up from winter.

The find of the day was actually found by my co-host.

It's an upgrade from the cloths pin I found (see Day 132). We will use it when we clean the bathhouse. It sure is fancy compared to a cloths pin!

Only two more host days left, then we are off to B-Ham!

Winter Excursion 6, Day 177 The Life of a Camp Host

Brian had to leave early so he missed breakfast with everyone. Even Wesley ate his breakfast of eggs, hash browns, and bacon!

The fish tank cleaning didn't go so well as we lost the fish. Kennedy and I headed to the fish store and picked up a new Betta.

We did a little drone flying out front. Here's a few pics:

We hung around until after lunch, then said our goodbyes. We will see them all at the family reunion the end of July.

The drive back to camp went quick. We picked up some KFC for dinner and spent the evening relaxing. It's was a good trip, we always love seeing the Kiddos.

Winter Excursion 6, Day 176 The Life of a Camp Host

Here's Kennedy with her "Rainbow Milkshake" yesterday evening. I forgot to post it!

Nicole made a pancake breakfast for all of us this morning. It was yummy!

After breakfast Wesley got a back scratch from Grandad. It was not a part of Kennedy's BSS (Back Scratch Service) which costs $5.00/year. Cath and I are subscribers!

The rest of the day was a blur! Kennedy and Nicole went to softball practice. Wesley, Cath, and I went to the "Bunny Party" (they had rabbits) at 1100. Nicole and Kennedy got to the party at 1300 and Cath and I left with Wesley for his baseball practice. We got back from Wes's practice at 1600. I fixed on of the toilets in the house (new fill valve). Kennedy and I cleaned the fish tank out. Then Nicole and I ordered pizza and waited at Bailey's until it was ready. I guess we had a beer....LOL.

It was a fun day, but didn't get to see Bri. I plan on fixing breakfast for everyone tomorrow.

Winter Excursion 6, Day 175 The Life of a Camp Host

We have the next three days off, so we headed to the Kiddos in Charleston. On the way we stopped for lunch at Frampton Plantation. This is where RT 17 intersects with I95.

There is a Subway right next door, so we got our subs and ate them under the Live Oaks.

Arrived at the Kiddos' house around 1415. Met them at the school bus stop and spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing.

Wes had a birthday party to go to and the rest of us went to Cabana Burgers & Shakes for dinner. It's right next to Brickyard. The food was good. The service was slow, but they've only been open for a week.

Brian made it home early and we all watched a Spiderman movie. I didn't get to bed until midnight! 

 

Winter Excursion 6, Day 174 The Life of a Camp Host

It was a normal host duty day until this afternoon when I found the "Find of the Day".  I was taking my last bucket of fireplace ashes to the ash pit in back of the maintenance area. About half way down the 50 yard dirt road I saw this guy sunny himself in the middle of the trail.

This is an Eastern Diamond Back Rattlesnake. He is about 4.5 feet long. He is now headless and lives in the maintenance shack freezer!

We have been using our propane fireplace when we sit outside, but I've been collecting firewood left at sites as I clean them. So for our last cool evening we decided to have a real campfire.

We are off for the weekend and headed to Charleston. Only eight more days as host (three work days) and we are off to Birmingham on our way home.

 

Winter Excursion 6, Day 173 The Life of a Camp Host

Today was normal host duties. Not much new about that!

One of the campers came over to our site an asked if she could have the pine cones under the tree at the dump station. I've been throwing the cones there for 4 months. She got three large cloth bags full, which I delivered to her site because she fell off of her bike twice trying to carry the bag! She uses the cones as fire starters.

The find of the day was this almost new grill brush. 

It now lives on the Host Golf Cart and we use it to clean the campfire grills.

 

Winter Excursion 6, Day 172 The Life of a Camp Host

We slept in a little this morning, had a quick breakfast, and headed to Wally World for a few things before we assume duties for the next two days.

Back at camp the weather was perfect! Temps in the high 60s, sunny, low humidity. With weather like that I just had to wash the truck. I took it to the maintenance area as we are not allowed to wash vehicles in the campground.

It's still a great truck, but this might be the last time I wash it. The new one is waiting for us back home.

Back on duty tomorrow, hopefully some nice "finds of the day".

Winter Excursion 6, Day 171 The Life of a Camp Host

We left camp this morning and headed to Vidalia, GA. (think onions)! 

We stopped at the General Store in downtown and got these pics on the corner.

His name is Yumion! You see him all over town as they are getting ready for the annual Sweet Onion Fair. It's a big deal and lasts for three days.

We also visited the Vidalia Sweet Onion Museum.

The museum is small, but interesting. The onions are all picked by hand!

We stopped at a local Farmer's Market and picked up some onions and a few other things.

Back at camp it was time to relax and enjoy the rest of our day off.

Winter Excursion 6, Day 170 The Life of a Camp Host

Happy Easter!

This is our 1200th blog post!

As campers were leaving today I had the pleasure of cleaning up colored egg shells. Many in tiny little pieces. I hope the Kiddos had fun, but it would have been nice if Mom & Dad cleaned it up!

Duties were not bad and many campers have left early. There will be only ten occupied sites tonight.

Since it's Easter here's the find of the day.

Only in the Bible Belt would you find a rock like this.
 

Winter Excursion 6, Day 169 The Life of a Camp Host

After a busy first day on duty, today was a piece of cake. Just normal duties with just a few campers leaving and arriving.

We had a bunch of tent campers that were all together and based on the forecast (thunderstorms) they all decided to leave.

The find of the day was actually my co-host's find.

Someone is a pretty good artist.
 

Winter Excursion 6, Day 168 The Life of a Camp Host

It was super busy today, but the weather is perfect. Temps in the mid 70s and very low humidity. By mid afternoon the campground was totally full and we have lots of tent campers.

Here's a pic of Kaylee in her "trance". As she gets older she does this more and more often.

The find of the day was this "RVing Rock". If found you are supposed to post a pic on Facebook. I just posted it on the blog!

We were treated to a beautiful moon this evening.

Winter Excursion 6, Day 167 The Life of a Camp Host

We headed back to Ft Stewart for some supplies before we assume duties this weekend.

On the way we went through Pembroke, GA just outside of post. They got hit with a tornado about 10 days ago. There is lots of damage, but it was very localized. There was also one fatality. 

After we got back to camp we spent the afternoon relaxing and talking to all the campers.

In the early evening I was able to fly the new drone and got a few pics.

Later in the evening we were treated to another beautiful sunset.

Back on duty tomorrow, the campground is scheduled to be 100% full.

Winter Excursion 6, Day 166 The Life of a Camp Host

We decided to go check out A.H. Stephens State Park. We should have done this when we went to Hamburg State Park, but it's another day trip..Oh Well! 

On the way to the park we saw this.

We do not own it and never will!

A.H. Stephens is a nice park. 22 sites, but only one host. I'm sure we will not host there.

One more day off before our last weekend here as hosts. It will be funny not to have any duties at our next few campgrounds. We certainly have a new "view" of any CGs we stay at.

Winter Excursion 6, Day 165 The Life of a Camp Host

Just normal host duties today.

The find of the day was these two marshmallow forks found on different sites. They made their way to the trash can.

This little guy came to visit while we were relaxing in the late afternoon. He started on the picnic table and was brown, but turned green as soon as he jumped on the egg!

He didn't stay long and we haven't seen him since.

We are off for the next two days and will probably do a little more site seeing.

Winter Excursion 6, Day 164 The Life of a Camp Host

Back on duty for the next two days.

The find of the day was this painted rock. It's probably an old Indian artifact and worth a fortune.

Duties today were fairly easy and we spent the afternoon at the camper watching a few folks arriving and departing.

Got this pic of a really pretty sky in the late afternoon.

All is well in the life of a camp host!

Winter Excursion 6, Day 163 The Life of a Camp Host

For our second day off we drove to Hamburg State Park.

It's a really nice Campground with just 32 sites. The campground is on a peninsula on the lake surrounded by water on three sides. Almost all the sites are pull-throughs and on the lake. We are booked as hosts at our present campground for next year, but are considering Hamburg for 2024.

Back at camp we relaxed, yakked with some of our neighbors, and enjoyed the weather.

This camping life is hard to take!
 

Winter Excursion 6, Day 162 The Life of a Camp Host

It was windy and cold all day. High temp was only 53!

I did drive into town to get a propane tank filled, but we spent most of the day in the camper.

We still get a kick out of watching the birds and squirrels at the birdfeeder. We see this yellow guy every once in awhile. It's an American Goldfinch.

The squirrels will never learn, but they haven't figured it out yet.

One more step and he will fall to the ground.

One more day off then back on duty.