Pretty much a waste of time.
I took Addler out there (my doggy) and started picking up all the sticks and digging whatever out of the ground. Then it started to rain. So I went into the shed and waited it out. Back out, pick up more sticks. More rain. Back to shed. Out, pick up sticks. About the 4th? time, I was 300 feet from the shed and it started raining enough to get me wet is when I decided it's time to pack it up, call it a day and try coming back tomorrow.
Unless the forecast has changed again, which it well may have, it wasn't "supposed" to start raining until this afternoon. Whatever. I'm not gong to stand out there getting drenched. Yes it needs to get done, just like a lot of other things. I was 5 lots finished at least before I left there.
Now then, just a few minutes ago, an obviously older gentleman called me, responding to the voicemail I left them last night. We had a pleasant conversation. I simply said that I didn't appreciate whoever it was speeding up and down the driveway, getting an attitude with me and doing burnouts on the driveway out onto the street.
That was no exaggeration and I have a witness that could "testify" the same. You could tell the man was none too pleased to hear about that and said he would take care of it. Then he said if he had to, he'd put up a gate and that would be that. No sir, we can't have any gates out there (unless automated with a passcode to get in), I'm just asking these people to slow down, please.
Anyway, turns out they own a lot of wells around the area, I totally forgot to ask him why Sabine sold the well on my property? Just out of curiosity, nothing else. It's interesting that a company would sell off a money maker to someone else. Why would they do that?
Well, I hope to not have to have another conversation with this gentleman, I'd prefer that that was the only discussion we needed. I don't want to push it. I did inform him that I had already had an agreement worked out with Sabine, I did not tell him that I have all of that in writing. I don't want to end up in court, I can't afford that. You're talking tens of thousands of dollars to hire an attorney with experience with land lease disputes between landowners and oil/gas well operators.
It's just not worth it. I had thought of putting speed bumps in but I don't think that's such a great idea with some of these motorcoaches nowadays being so low to the ground, I wouldn't want them bottoming out. The end result may be that if this man wants to force the issue with a gate, I will have to force the issue with an automated gate. This would be okay with me, the passcode could just be added to the reservation system.
There are lots of RV parks with automated gates, it's nothing new or special. I just don't want to have to deal with it.
Okay, well anyway, I can do nothing else today beyond doing online research on certain things of interest about rv parks that I haven't delved into and also further acquainting myself with the online reservation software. Or I can just sit in solitude, listen to the rain pattering on the house and have quiet time, something that doesn't happen often around here with kids running around, making lots of noise and demanding attention.
I need to figure out how to block out dates between now and January 1st and then go ahead and go live with the software. There is a block out "thing" on there, I just haven't tried to use it. Then, I can go ahead and get it live, up and running and if anyone is interested, they can reserve dates as far as a year in advance.
Why so long? Well, I can start earlier if everything is good enough, I just want it up and going so people can start reserving spots. RV'ers do this stuff well in advance, especially if they're coming from northern states heading south either for the winter (now) or heading for locations south or east of here in the spring or summer. I'm serious, these people do this so far in advance because a lot of the campgrounds fill up to 100% capacity. You can't take a chance that you are going to just find a place that has an open spot.
They figure out their destination and then they figure out the route they're going to take and after that, they figure out where they want to stop - and then they start looking for RV parks in the general area that have decided to stop along the way. Number 1, if you don't have online reservation system, you will lose a lot of potential business. Number 2, when you have that system, it will automatically block out the dates the customer is choosing.
Well enough of this. I need to sit here and think for a while.
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