Winter Excursion 7, Day 81 The Life of a Camp Host

Started at 0800 checking the bathhouse and the campground in general. All was well.

Drove the cart to the office at 0900 to pick up the slips for incoming campers. There was 18 of them, we will be 100% full tonight.

Back at the campground, checked all the sites for the incoming campers, cleaned up a few, then sat back and waited for the rush to begin.

Cleaned the bathhouse at 1200 and got the find of the day in the ladies bath room.

I'm sure there is one happy gentleman this evening!

We've had a camper (Tenter) in one of the sites all week. This guy has been alone. He leaves camp around 0530 to go fishing, and doesn't return till after dark. I've greeted him each morning and every evening. I ask how the fishing has been and get various answers every evening. Today his wife arrived for the weekend. Turns out she is a mortician and he is an EMS. She says he saves them and I plant them! They brought us fresh caught fish from the lake, fried, and ready to eat!

We traded some NY maple syrup and all parties were happy! They will be here for a few more days and we look forward to spending some time with them.

The campground is full, tomorrow will be easy, but we are not looking forward to Sunday when everyone leaves.
 

Winter Excursion 7, Day 80 The Life of a Camp Host

We took over from our co-host early today as she had some business in Statesboro.

I got an e-bike ride in after we got back from shopping this morning.

Installed two new LED lights in the camper. One is over the table and is flush to the ceiling. I won't be bumping head any more!

We are on duty for the rest of the weekend and the campground is going to be full.

Steak, baked potato, and salad for our last supper, before the crazy weekend starts.

Best news today: We are approved as hosts for 1 Jan 24 - 30 Apr 24.

Find of the day starts tomorrow.

All is well in the Boss camp.

Winter Excursion 7, Day 79 The Life of a Camp Host

Off to day so we did a little camp maintenance and just relaxed. We did run into town for a few essentials, but for the most part just hung out at camp.

Cath made a spicy chicken stew over rice for dinner. Then we just sat out by the fire as the weather is perfect, mid 60s and no wind.

One more day off then it will be busy for the weekend. We are 100% booked!
 

Winter Excursion 7, Day 78 The Life of a Camp Host

We were on duty today, but it was a super easy day. We had two campers leave and two campers arrive. We were finished with our morning chores by 0930!

Cath spent the afternoon doing laundry and I had babysitting duties at the camper for Kaylee. She was for the most part a BRAT!

The find of the day was another painted rock.

Although there were no kids in camp, one must have snuck in and planted this rock on the site post at #6.

We are off for the next two days with no plans.

Winter Excursion 7, Day 77 The Life of a Camp Host

We were back on duty today. Had 18 campers leave after the holiday weekend, so cleaned 18 sites. The good news was only three campers came in today.

Our new bedding arrived today. Cath has been wanting to go from a queen sleep sack to a king. Here's a pic.

We were all finished our chores by 1300 and spent the rest of the day relaxing and yakking with the other campers.

The find of the day was this tablecloth holder.

I found a better use for it. I use it to hang up my headband on the cart to dry when I've been working to hard!

We had a nice sunset, the pic doesn't do it justice.

We ordered some new lava rocks for the propane fireplace. The rocks have colored glass mixed in. The results are nice.

We are on duty tomorrow and then two days off!

Winter Excursion 7, Day 76 The Life of a Camp Host

Once it warmed up this morning I took a nice ride on the newly opened trails on the other side of the park. The trail was nice and smooth with only a few tree roots. It was a good ride!

We spent the rest of the day being really lazy. It was NFL football day. We watched three games!

Off to bed, we are on duty tomorrow.

Winter Excursion 7, Day 75 The Life of a Camp Host

We spent most of the morning in camp and then headed to Eagle Creek Brewery in Statesboro, GA (https://www.eaglecreekbrewingco.com) Their website said they make a Hefeweizen, but it is seasonal and they had none on tap or in cans. I did have their Blonde Ale which was really good. We will go back our next time in Statesboro.

We drove back to Metter to check out a Mexican Restaurant (Taqueria El Sol)  that was suggested by one of the local campers for a late lunch. It was excellent!

The place is a "hole in the wall", but the food is fab and the portions are huge. We will definitely be going back for our "Mexican Fixes". We sat right next to the Salsa Bar which had a dozen or so homemade salsas. I'll get a pic of that next trip.

Back at camp I made a call to Dish Network to change our service address to our location. We now get our local channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX) from Augusta, GA. Now we can watch the NFL playoffs and that's exactly what we did the rest of the evening.

Temps will be in the low 20s tonight. We are going through some serious propane.