Monday - morning

Yesterday was church then the property.  New couple moved in - they're there until June, they say. There is no telling, really, how long any of these energy workers will be around. They say long term - some of them say a long time.  I don't really need any of them to be leaving right now, thanks.

I need some more long term in there, hence I placed another pay-FB ad.  This is more than marketplace, it shows up when people are looking for certain things, in this case: RV park in my area. 

I have 2 tenants on T-Mobile right now with no complaints so far.  I'm going to send a message to the rest of them to please switch over and we will see what happens.  It won't bother me to get a second T-Mobile router - at that price I can afford to up the ante and also have that price locked in "forever", so they say.  That's unlimited data that can handle up to 66 devices on it at one time.  This is their claim, we will find out soon enough if it's true.

The garbage pile across the street continues to grow.  The man that lives there picked up some of the trash scattered all over the yard the other day - I saw him out there - but not all of it and just took it to his ever-growing pile of trash and dumped it on there. In other words, it's going to end up all over the yard again.  I don't know what happened to the letter I tried to print to the lady that owns the home - it didn't print - but I will try again this morning.  

Today's task is to at least try to dig down to the underground pipes and expose all of it to see what I need in terms of fitting.  I assume a 4X4X4 wye-T for sewer and a 2X2X1 T for the water.  But who knows, I need to get down there and find out.  I'm motivated, I just don't know about having to dig through layers of roots again.  I'm going to try, that's what I can say about that.  

I feel pressured to get all of this done, before those machines arrive.  Get the thing up and running and hope people use it and also hope it draws in more people. It will have to have that small bathroom in there for the latter tho.  I expect a shower will get used - frequently.  It will add another layer of "things to do" on a daily basis in cleaning it, but if it brings in revenues, I'm fine with that.  

And I've sold myself on a couple of electrical outlets near the back of the shed and a water spigot.  With a bathroom, I can get the people in there that don't have bathroom facilities in their rigs.  This is lost revenue that is easily fixed after I finally get the utilities to that shed.  I really think the reason I am not getting more people in is the lack of a shower with a big water heater that a person can take a longer shower in.  However, I have heard that some of these newer RV's are coming equipped with those inline heaters that heat the water as it passes through.  There is a reason all of those new ones have to have a 50 amp outlet and I doubt 2 AC units on the roof are the only reason. 

Why am I sitting here writing instead of at the property? It's early, it's cold outside and I'm enjoying my morning coffee.  Feeling pressured doesn't mean I have  to get up and run over there right now.  It means I have a goal for today and I hope to accomplish that goal and then move to part 2.  However, there is a 97% chance of rain tomorrow, which will further delay everything.  

All I can say is, I need 4 more long term tenants.  Leave myself 2 overnight setups and call it a day.  Or just fill the whole place up with long term - still pretty wishy washy on that and I really won't have a pulse on what the potential is for overnighters until I get that shed completed.  I suppose tomorrow if it's raining I could install the floor tile I bought - the cheapest stuff they had, just don't like the idea of bare particle board floors.  I didn't even buy enough to cover the whole thing, I guess I best go back and get the rest of what I need before they sell that stuff out.  Another trip to Longview.  

I'm still thinking I best put a door code locking handle on that shed for when I open it up to guests.  The code can be given to them at time of arrival or over the phone.  This way I can at least know that only guests have access.  There will be stuff that can be stolen from in there.  I'm not overly concerned about theft, but you know that thieves are everywhere.  I don't care how big or small the town is, there are thieves there.  

The older couple sent me a message yesterday: We're really glad you are filling up the park!  They were wishing me success.  The park is no longer underwater so it's not insolvent. It may not be making a huge amount of money - yet - but it's definitely taking care of itself now in terms of meeting financial obligations and not draining my personal accounts dry.  

Alright, so now I have a guy coming sooner or later to bush hog the weeds.  It won't happen this week if it rains.  I need those weeds out of there, it's just an eyesore.  Not as bad as the trash across the street, but certainly up there in "ugliness" category.  

I have increased the amount of work I will want to get done with the excavator. Besides trenching from spot 14 to the shed and trenching along side the driveway for water runoff, I also want to clear out enough space behind the shed for at least 2 small rigs to be able to easily park in there.  This is not a new gravel setup - not now anyway. It will be listed as dirt with access to electricity, bathroom and kitchen. There will be no surprises.  

Well, I'm offa here. Coffee is almost downed and I do want to get a start on the day.

G'day