Friday - semi early

Still nothing from the trucking company. At this point, really don't want anything til' next week anyway.  With 15 lots full and 1 coming in with various amounts of nights worth of stays, my accounts are filling up again.  Add other incomes that total around 3 grand which should be in sometime next week, I'll eat the week off and not worry about it at all.  

My charity cases of course are making their excuses.  2 of them, behind the shed.  One said can you please wait until Monday? Yes and the other had issues after getting caught driving without insurance, her tail lights weren't working and the cops pulled her over one night on her way home from work.  So she had to get insurance and she had to pay a stiff fine.  I gave her mercy as well.  She'll start paying again, the other one will pay again as well, I just don't know if it's going to be the full month's worth.  I pretty much told her/them that they will have to pay full month's rent from that point out.  They were getting too far behind and my patience and generosity has limits. They have a car, they have a trailer, they go places, they have phones, they obviously have money,  please pay up. 

I've been poor, I paid my house payment regardless of what else was going on.  In the case of a mortgage, there were occasions where I let it go a month, which trashes your credit score of course, but I haven't done that in many, many years now.  There was the property my house is on that was owned by what amounts to a loan shark.  He sold the junk house and property for $49,000 and he wanted his money on time, every time, no matter what.  I understand, I'm not quite that bad, if someone is having an issue and they have paid up previously every time, I'll give them time. Most of the people in my park are working class, making 6 figures, most of their money goes home to their families but they certainly aren't broke and paying lot rent isn't an issue. 

BTW, if I had known what would happen with land prices in the Phoenix area in say, the 90's....I'd be a rich man right now.  Buy up cheap property, hold onto it, sell it. There are no cheap properties in the phoenix metro area now. It's all high dollar.  I mean, maybe the neighborhood my house is in - it's mostly old mobiles, you could pick up a property cheap and build a house on it. The issue is that everyone there knows that they couldn't get another place anywhere else, they couldn't afford it, so they don't sell.  

Anyway, I really think I should go work on potholes today.  At least fill them up with dirt if I don't get any gravel.  Preferably would like a mix of dirt and gravel.  Well preferably have a grader come in, grade everything smooth and then put down about 7k worth of gravel : )  

Yeah, that isn't happening anytime soon.  The rich people that own the gas operation could do that, lmao.  They don't care at all, if it's totally trashed, they still don't do anything but once a year grading coming through. You don't see anything but 4 wheel drive pickups going back there, they go in some pretty rough properties.  I don't know if the tanker semis ever get stuck anywhere....I'd love to see a grader coming through right about now..

Apparently people are making plans for next year. I've received several reservations for dates well into next year, just overnight stays. Like, they are traveling to somewhere else from wherever they were at. Probably RV'ers that went south for the winter heading home and mapping out their drive back and reserving spots.  I did raise my rates, the total amount a person will pay including fees for overnight is $30. It was $25.  But, with fees, everyone else around here is much more expensive, at least any of them that have online reservation systems, which are only 3 others I think.  

Anyway, I guess I best make plans for today and get with it.  Physical labor probably a good idea.   It's hook up the trailer, back up to a dirt pile, shovel dirt onto the trailer, move to the pot holes, fill them in, done.  

If only I had the finances to build a small park right off the Interstate...

I'm still astounded by the hatred for Jews being displayed worldwide, but especially here in our nation. 

Enough musings for one day.  Off to the Park.

G'day