Tuesday - 8:00 am
Final day of vacation. I am going over to the park today and moving the motorhome back to where it was before I moved it for these "workampers" to come in. A mistake I won't be quick to repeat. I wasn't really bringing them in for working in the first place, they just wanted it that way and I was too quick to be open to it, like, yes! I could use some help around here.
Good riddance. That's what I can say about them.
As for the other people, they are, so far working out fairly well. He's a little authoritarian with people and I'm going to have to gently try to get him to bring his tones down with people several notches. Yes, people do stupid and/or selfish things, yes, it is annoying, but also yes: I am running a business and I don't need to be running everyone off. Neither does he. Not that he's done that, I just see a tad too much bossiness. Not terrible, but if I don't put it in check, who knows where it may lead to. Then I'll have another mess to deal with.
However, people get this from other parks they have stayed at where management just tells people like it is in no uncertain terms and they can like it or leave. I know this from being in numerous RV 'ers groups and also in several RV park managers/owners groups. I can be that way as well, but only when I am forced into that position. For example, I became pretty angry yesterday when I saw beer cans, a beer bottle and an empty cigarette pack laying on the trail in the rear of the property. My mind went straight to: let's shut these trails down to everyone. I didn't do that, I just don't understand people doing stuff like that. I've seen it all my life out in the wilderness where people just chuck their trash on the ground like it's a giant trash can.
I have a trash can back there, located where I was going in and out where I was working on the bridge and such. I'm going to relocate it to the trail head. At least give the opportunity to put the stuff into the trash.
Speaking of the bridge, the last rain? Washed out one of the footers and the entire bridge fell on that corner. I'm talking that big bridge. I was shocked to see it, actually. I mean, I had that footer well into the ground and away from the creek. It's why I bought 16 foot long spanners. With as much erosion as what happened, that creek must have been a river going through there. I promise you, the creek is barely a little bit of running water during the summer, no way would I have ever envisioned that much volume of water going through there to get up that high.
I am not even sure what to do about it. Get a hydraulic jack out there, I guess, jack the thing up and then figure out a way to put blocks under it. Hmm, thinking about it, I think I'll have to drive some rebar into the ground and pour a concrete footer that won't go anywhere. I dunno, but I'm going to have to do something about that soon. You can still walk over the bridge and such, it's just obvious that it's going to start to fall apart if left like that very long.
What a pain.
There's always something. Like the person saying there are dog tracks coming from the shower/bathroom, as if someone had given a dog a bath.
On and on. I've got eyes in there and I will be reviewing however many days worth of footage to figure out if that person is right in their assertion or if they're seeing things that don't exist. I do not want people washing their dogs in my shower stall. There is a hose outside, it's warm out, they can wash their dog outside. That's what I do with my dog.
Allen's wife is, allegedly, finally coming home today. She's been gone at least 3 weeks. Trying to sell a trailer and traveling around doing what else? I have no idea. None of my business and there would have been no way for her to work in that coach before Saturday anyway. I don't expect her to work in a very hot coach.
Enough of that. Just daily nonsense. Not near as ridiculous as the nonsense going on in DC right now. Biden steps down as the nominee, Harris takes over, Biden disappears and walaah, you have a new nominee, yes I know it's not official yet but it highly likely will be and you have conspiracy theories that Biden is dead because he disappeared. I doubt Biden is dead but I do wonder about a nation being run by Harris.
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Wednesday morning. Whatever it is, I've come down with some sort of chest cold with sore throat. I'm not in the throes of death, lol, so I'm going to work today. I got from the manager that he doesn't have anyone to take my place today and I've been off 5 days, just going to tough it out, get it done, get home and go to bed.
