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Entrance to the park

Our Home

Park looks empty but the spaces between units are large

These are our over night sites

Yard is cut and we are back home chilling out. School started back Monday and the kids are not happy with it but it is something they have to live with for a long time.
Kris is doing well this year. He is in the 6th grade and making good grades. Not because I am that good of a teacher...but working one on one with kids makes a lot of difference in how quickly they learn. We are studying World History and Geography. I was so surprised to see how many young folks don't know where Argentina is! They have no idea about other countries and where  they are located. I don't know how much that would affect their lives in the future but I do know it is sad to think they don't learn about these things.
I hear some of these college kids not know who we won our independence from and yet they are out protesting what they think are injustices our government brings down on them. Pa...lease! Most of them don't know the Constitution of the United States! Do they still teach Political Science? 
I took some pictures of the park we are work camping in. It is not that big of a park but the camp sites are huge compared to many. We have so much room around the RV's you don't feel like you are living in town. We have a yard all the way around our home and plenty of room to live.
Working here has not been all that bad. We don't really "Work" we sit in an office...answer the phone...take reservations...I pick up the trash around the park...collect rent payments...the usual things and then we go home. Two days a week we "Work" and the rest of the time we do what we want to...

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Yard cutting day

No I don't do the yard here where we work but we still have our lake cabin. It is a shame that grass grows when you are away from home! I love grass but it only needs to get green and grow when I am there to enjoy it. 
We are now having to work 3 days a week due to one couple moving on. The couple that was here when we got here works 4 days and we work the other. Not too bad but not what we were offered in the beginning. The owner here is trying to get another couple to work. That will put us back on the 2 day track.
The weather here is beginning to warm up some. We had one morning that we could sit outside and drink our coffee. We look forward to doing that. In Colorado it is too cool to sit out in the morning so we like being where we can.
I have a barn sale coming up next weekend. We have sooo much stuff we no longer use. It is time to part with some of these things and lighten the load. I put the up coming event on my Facebook garage sale with hopes that we will have a good turn out...

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Time gets by

I turned around and it had been some time since my last post! I should be ashamed of myself leaving big gaps in my life journal. What will people think when someday they feel compelled to read all about me and there is time missing from this great adventure?
I really think they will get over it. The older I get the less I do to keep and audience captivated. 
We have been rather busy with family reunions and now that we are Camp Host we tend to keep on the move more. It has been a real experience working the other side of the desk. We have a lot of things to do each day when we are on duty. It is not hard work by any means but we are challenged each and every day we work. We only work two days a week...I know that is not much...but it is more than we have worked in some time. Just getting up in the morning and having to be at work at 9:00 am is tough on retired people.
I had promised myself when I took this job on that I would walk more and try to lose some weight but the golf cart is so nice to move about in. No excuse for not getting trim but it does make it hard to walk when you have comfortable transportation right there to use!
Well I have rambled on long enough. We have one more month here and then we will be moving on. Not sure if we will repeat this job next year but it is always an option...

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Cold

The title says it all. Yes it got down in the lower 30's last night. I could feel it when I got up during the night to check on Kris. He was wrapped up like a burrito in his covers...so I knew he was doing fine.
I had to get me another blanket to get warm. No I did not turn the gas heat on...why...who knows I just put another blanket on and went back to sleep. 
When it was time to get up I wished I had turned the heat up. Now I have to get up in the cold. Sherri got up wanting to know why I didn't turn the heat on. Gee now everyone is wondering. 
So here I sit with my coffee warming up...with the heat going...by the way. Next week we head out for Louisiana. We will be gone from here for a week and then we will return and stay until June 3 when we will start our pilgrimage to Colorado. 
The time here so far has been OK. We really don't have a hard job here. I guess the only hard thing about it is having to get up and be in the office a 9:00 am. We have gone so many years without a time schedule. But for the most part we are fine with it...


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Winter is back!

We got up this morning and the temps outside are in the lower 40's. Can you believe this. We have the heat on to stay warm. Now it is raining and it will get even colder as the day goes on. Sure am glad we are not on duty today. That golf cart does not have a heater in it and the cold wind cuts right through you when you are moving.
We leave out again in one week. Heading back to Marksville. Sherri won money last time...enough to pay for the trip there and back. Hope we have the same luck this next time.
We will be back on the road in June. We are headed toward Colorado and our little hid-a-way. I was hoping to get there in May this year but with our granddaughter's high school graduation we have to wait...

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Today is my Best Buddy's Birthday

OK so Walmart does this to young children

Happy Birthday Kris

Yes, today is my best buddy's birthday and we are heading to the Sc
ience Place in Tyler. My little Sheldon wanted to go there on his birthday. No, not Chucky Cheese of any other birthday place just the Science Place! 
He told his Mom that he wanted a low keyed birthday this year. Low Keyed is that a sign of growing up? So just the four of us are going there then out to eat and to finish out the day Kris is buying a computer. 
Home schooling Kris has been an experience beyond all others in my life. He has done so well...and believe me it does not have everything to do with my teaching. He has a mind like a trap door! We are studding Geometry now and he catches on so quickly. We have one more month and he will complete the 6th grade studies. 
Some of the time we during his school year we took off on adventures and so school had to be postponed. If we had gone every day without breaks he would have finished school in February.
OK...yes I am bragging but I can't help it. I hope that he goes to college and does as well. Our young ones education is so important now days! 
Sherri and I are still working here at the park 2 days a week. I have learned the reservation program and now help Sherri in the office when I am not picking up trash. This is not a hard job and I enjoy having something to do...

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Mastering the reservation program

Sherri has really started to catch on to the reservation program she is running. I have even been taking some training to back her up if need be. 
We are working two days a week that leaves us 5 days to enjoy our retired life. We are not having to pay rent or electric and that is a real deal...especially during the winter months when you have a high electric usages.
We will be leaving here in April and heading to Louisiana for a few days. Then it will be south to Marksville for our casino fix. We will look at our finances to see if we can venture on down to Galveston for a stay to see my sister. 
We head back to work at the park until the last of May or the first of June when my granddaughter graduates from college. Our beautiful site is waiting for us in the mountains of Colorado after that. We will stay there for the summer and then who know what we might do after that. It is good to be free to do what you want when you want.
My daughter and SIL are delivering RVs part time. They seem to enjoy the traveling and were trying to get us to try it out. Not sure that would be my cup of tea but then you never know what we might try...

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Working two days a week

My last job was like 5 days a week and 8 hours a day. This job, however, is a little bit easier with 16 hours. We really sit most of the time and visit with each other and having a cell phone for the office we really don't have to stay in the office. This gives us the ability to venture out on the grounds and walk around or just sit in our living room and watch the office from our recliners. 
This is not a hopping park which is a good thing seeing as how we are new at reservations and have to practice...a lot!
Picking up the trash is the hardest thing we have to do and we get to howdy with folks as we drive around. Most of the people here are full timers. Many of them work and live in their RVs. Most are friendly. We are going to give this a little time to see how we like it. We will definitely be leaving in April for Louisiana for the family reunion. Then it will be southward to Marksville for a little gambling.
If I think about it I will post some pictures of the park...

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Trying something new

Sherri and I have been reading about all the people out there "Workcamping" so we thought we would give it a try. 
Our daughter lives in an RV and the park they stay in was looking for a couple to work a couple of days a week . She gave us a call and asked if we would be interested in working for a few months. Sherri and I talked it over and said what the heck we could give it a try and see if it worked for us.
Well as things would have it we are here in Tyler working. Sherri is learning the park program and I am picking up trash and killing ants! I clean the bathroom...being there is only one shower and one  toilet is not that bad. I do have to clean the laundry room but all in all my tasks are not that trouble sum.
We will see if this all works out for us. We still have to home school Kris...so if we can do it for a while and save some rent money that will work for us...

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Wetter than before

The spillway is running over

It just keeps on raining. I don't see anyway out of here. We can't pull out of our port until it drys up. We have an appointment in March and I keep hoping that we are on the road Sunday morning.We really don't need anymore rain. I think the ground has sucked up all the moisture that it can. Now it is just flowing down the road back into the lake. We drove by the dam yesterday and the water is coming over the spillway at a fast rate. The river is out of it's banks and until the rain stops it is not going to get any better.
I really don't know what to do. I guess just reschedule our plans and wait for dry weather...will it ever come...

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We are soaked

We have had rain here for the past 2 weeks! We have to leave here next month and it is looking like we might not be able to pull out at all. That would be a fine situation being trapped in your own port!
We are having "Hitch Itch" something terrible! So glad we did not stay in our house. We never could afford to go anywhere due to the upkeep on our home. This home we pull with us and care for it as we travel. No yard to mow.
I can't wait to get back to Colorado! Our site up there is the best we have ever had. Next winter we will be anywhere but here that is for sure. No more will we be freezing cold or blazing hot. The title "Snow Bird" will really fit us...

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