Water install paid, turns out this guy has all kinds of earth moving equipment, he can just bring out a dozer and plow everything under in no time and be done with it. I wouldn't expect more than a day for him to get 12 lots cleared out and the driveway, if 2 days I'd be surprised. His rate is $125 per hour for a dozer with operator - that's pretty darn cheap around these parts.  

I met up with him this morning, my load time today isn't until 1:30.  He wants his money and I want more information.  He gave me a contact for electrical installation which I will be calling later on today.  I have to mark out the lots before I can get him to give me a quote on clearing all of it.  I probably should have gotten that done already, but I didn't and oh well.  Next day I have off I'll be out there for sure and attempt to get it all marked out.  

So, I need to get out there and measure everything out and mark it.  Get him to clear out all of that and then I can move on to getting quotes on electric. 

However, he let me know in no uncertain terms that the power company would try to pressure you into having them run 3 phase out there - from the road, that's 1.2 miles, no way am I paying for that.  I say that, of course and then what?  There's 7,200 volts running through that power line and there isn't that much going on on that road.  There is that other RV campground down the street but they are hardly ever in operation.  

We'll see. I think today is the last day of the 3 business days they should be calling me back.  All of them should be calling me back today, actually.  If they don't, I'll be calling them.

Conflicting stories on the ATT underground line.  I've heard there is just the pedestals and the sheathing, no fiber optics or any kind of line running through them. This guy told me he accidentally scuffed one of them and there is definitely line running through it.  I'd like ATT to actually tell me what is going through there, but getting past the clueless computer screen operators that answer is next to impossible.  I tried and I eventually gave up on that.  I think I"ll have better luck with the internet provider that looks as tho they have a line running down the road.

I really wasn't going to start trying to get all of this figured out until I had the property in my name - which it is and the title documents were finally sent to me and my name is now on the county assessor site as the listed owner of the property.  So, I'm getting this going, seemingly at a snail's pace but it is what it is.

I had to tell the guy what I am intending on doing with the property, he was asking and he didn't have nay issue with it at all. He's an oldtimer, I'm guessing in his 70's, certainly late 60's, he runs an operation with a bunch of employees working for him and doing all the work. He was talking about an RV park a friend built a few decades ago - not terribly far from where my operation will be at - and says it's always full.  

Yes, I've noticed most of the parks in any decent location are full or mostly full.  

Well I'm half going to AZ for a funeral. I really don't want to travel via airplane atm but it is either that or don't go. Plus it's a lot of time off, really would like to keep up with everything, just hit with $3,256 for the water install, the first land payment coming up at $700 and change, don't remember the exact figure, it's only that high the first month and then down to $442 after that.  Just  saying, I don't want to eat into savings for monthly bills.  I gotta make up my mind quick, the departure date is soon and I have to get airfare. The good rates are already gone, but I needed approval first.  So instead of $100 round trip, it's $247 with tax.  Gag.

Well, off to the races. My West Virginia trip starting in a few hours, I'm outta here.