Easter At The Park

Since the baseball season is now underway, we decided that we couldn't survive on the 15 channels of TV that the park provides.  Not only did we not get Fox Sports Midwest, we also didn't get The Golf Channel.  We started making calls to DirecTV last week to find out about getting an additional receiver so we could have the same channels in the RV that we have at home.  For a mere $8 a month, we bought the receiver and the installer showed up last Friday to install.  This required some preparation by Mark beforehand.

This required once again taking out the fireplace and running coax in from a new hole Mark had to drill into the underside of the trailer.  We opted for the non-HD DVR so we could occasionally record shows.  The Direct guy was here for a couple of hours, but got it all working perfectly.  Just in time to watch The Masters on The Golf Channel on Friday.

Over the Easter weekend we had a large group of campers spending the weekend.  There were about 30 kids in the park.  Sunday morning Patty (owner of the park) had an Easter Egg hunt for them.  She spent about an hour hiding a bunch of eggs and toys but it only took about 15 minutes for all the kids to find the eggs. 

Before we left to go home on Sunday afternoon, Craig (husband of owner) moved the new sign to our campsite.  I guess now we're official.

After a bit of confusion last week, we believe we have settled into a work schedule that will accommodate everyone.  After all the campers leave on Sunday, we clean the showers and restrooms and then head home for a couple of days where we cram in as much of the family and friends that we can.  We then drive back to the RV park on Tuesday evenings so that we can run the park on Wednesdays and Thursdays while the owners do their own thing.  Today was our first go at "running" the park.  Mark weed-eated, assembled new picnic tables, and helped Glen (maintenance guy) put struts on Patty's truck.  I cleaned the rental trailers and answered the occasional phone call.  I will assist Patty with incoming RVers on Fridays and Mark will fill propane tanks as needed. 

Saturdays are our days to explore.  Last Saturday we headed to Farmington to find WalMart and Lowes.  Afterwards we headed to Fredricktown to find some lunch.  There were several restaurants on the square, but none of them had any customers so we just kept driving until we found a very crowded Mexican restaurant.

We had to wait for a table, but it was worth the wait.  The steak fajitas were wonderful!