So it's really time to get moving with the area behind the shed. Namely, getting the power out there. The trench is already dug, well a good portion of it anyway. I'm kind of not wanting to tell people I have nothing for them when the park is full. It was 3 phone calls last night I had to turn down - no room, the park is full. Yes it's good the park is full, but let's get it fuller, lol.
It's early - Sunday. I'm up early because I want and need to get that 30 amp outlet installed before noon today. These people show up, they are going to have full hookups. It may not be exactly what they wanted, but it's going to be available. That way, they can't say I didn't have anything for them. I'm still thinking this is all a dream and I don't have more people showing up than I have lots available.
I got up early because I want to get that setup done, over with and get to church. Church doesn't start until 11, I am good there. I hope anyway. It "should" be.....this that and the other thing - easy enough. I always say that and then run into "something". I have all the parts I need to get the installation done, that's what I can say about it. Since I think it will take an hour, I'm doubling that to 2 hours.
It really is a simple setup, tho, lol.
Oh, with Hipcamp? What if people don't want to stay with only 110 volt/20 amp hookup? Not my problem. But some of these people are desperate. They likely have to end up boondocking somewhere such as walmart or a truck stop parking lot. The parks are apparently full, I'm not usually the first one to get the calls. My main competitor has far more Google reviews and tho some of them are nasty, most of them are 4 or 5 stars. When looking for something - anything - I almost always look at reviews. If a thing has 10 reviews and another thing has 500 with the 500 having a 4.8 star rating, that's likely who I'm going with.
Just the way it works. l look at the reviews not only to see how it's rated, but also to look at comments, find the negative ones and see what they had to say. Sometimes it's useful info about a product that has a glitch that they didn't like or had to be fixed or whatever. Ok most of the time it is just whiny people wanting to complain about petty stuff. Lol. Hence a bit of humor out of it as well. Like, dang, this person must have no life to be getting on Google and complaining about this.
My only goal today as far as the park is concerned is the 30 amp outlet and cut some branches off of some trees for better access. Meaning, no branches to scratch the sides of a potential trailer coming in. People don't like that, lol.
Oh, it did rain overnight. It will be nice and wet in the area I'll be working. Gag and oh well. Put on the work boots and just get it done. Just need to dig about a 5 foot long trench to get the line to where I want it. I hopefully bought enough wire to get it there. I kept upping the number of feet of line I wanted. Like, himm, that might not be enough. Give me 10 feet instead. No, that isn't good enough. 12 feet. Nope, 14. yes, 14 should do it. It's 5 plus feet just to go from the breaker box to the ground, another 2 or 3 feet to the shed and then run the line along the shed (small shed I should clarify) and put that 30 amp outlet right at the corner of the shed. Out of the way but close enough to plug into. The sewer outlet is right there as well.
I actually think I have a water spigot in there. If a really wild hair developed, I'd dig down, find the water line and install that spigot as well.
Well, I didn't get up early to sit around here all day long....
