Well.
It's raining and has been raining all day long. No surprise there, but I went over to the property anyway to take some pics. I had posted a question for RV'ers on an RV forum, the angle of the pic I posted made it look like the lots were very small. Fortunately, I didn't post the name of the park or even where it's located, tho I did reply to a few comments from people who like it and wondered where it was.
Anyway, a good pic can generate business. A bad pic can turn people away. It was a good to see all the negative comments - it was probably 65% positive and the rest were negative to varying degrees, including people engaging in name calling and insults for unknown reasons.
Even more fortunately, the group is pretty well moderated and without my asking, those comments were deleted. I definitely remain civil and upbeat on posts like that, these are potential, future customers. Or people that might direct others to my place in the future if they saw it, liked it and said, wow, this is great!
To that end, I want to clean up the walking trails and take a video while walking it. Probably just a "quiet" video where I'm not really saying much of anything, but people can get an idea of what these trails are like Because if you looked at the RV park portion pictures and didn't see the walking trails, you'd be left thinking it all looks like that. There will definitely be a page on the site devoted to a video and pictures of the trails. I kind of think I need an actual camera for that, my iphone camera really doesn't do pics or videos justice, I just use it because it's what I have.
In fact, cyber monday is coming up, I bet I could score a decent camera for a good price. Nothing fancy, just something that puts out quality photos and videos. I'm really trying not to spend money on things right now, but this seems something that would be worth spending the money on.
I posted the new pics on that forum but I haven't had anyone respond to it. People tend to see what they want to see. It's ok, I know the park won't be appealing to everyone, that's fine. I just need enough people to like what they see and fortunately, a good number of people on that post said it looks nice and they would stop if they are ever coming through there. Yes, please do!
From that post, I decided that all the west side lots will have fire rings at the rear of the lot instead of in the middle and some of the lots will have picnic tables - but definitely not all of them. The reason not all of them is finances. I don't need to be spending close to 2 grand on picnic tables right now. I'll probably get 7 of them and call it a day. I won't be putting fire rings on all of the pull through lots - not because of finances but because there probably isn't enough room to keep away from neighboring lots.
What I really want to do is get 2 rv trailers out there parked on lots next to each other and take a gazillion photos of it so I can have posted online what it's going to look like. After the grass grows, I will be posting local facebook groups to see if there is anyone who could pull their rig out there for a bit of money - not too much but enough to say okay, this is worth the 2 hours it's going to take me to do this - and get some "real" pics up.
So, I'm going to order the fire rings now that I know how many I need and I'm going to go to Lowe's and see if they'll cut me a deal for their picnic tables that are currently boxed, sitting out in the rain and potentially warping. Wood tends to warp when it's not all fastened together, lol. They actually raised the price of those tables that have been sitting out there forever - so inflation affects purchases that were made before the inflation hit? lol
I'm thinking I will build the bigger firepit with blocks for the social area (versus buying a premade steel setup). I need to get really busy here, now that December is approaching and I am not ready to open. However, I have determined that it's just not going to happen what with the grass and how long it takes to grow. I'm going to plan the next coming days and get as much done as I can. Monday I'll be out there dumping a lot more grass seed. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and clear as well as Monday. By Monday, hopefully I can walk on the soil without sinking into it! There is a chance of rain the rest of the week - really hoping it will rain. Even tho that will hamper getting much of anything else done, it needs to happen.
Well, back to campground software. I have run into a glitch that I need help with from the owner.
