My main complaint about the RV lifestyle when one has a dog is that opening the door at bedtime and sending the dog out to pee on her own is not an option. Maggie has to go out on a leash and I usually have the evening duty while Roger takes her out first thing in the morning. As I said before, the RV park was dark last night(no street lighting) and it was cold out there. So, I dressed appropriately, including my headlamp! Such a cute outfit, don't you think? Fortunately we didn't run into any critters, but this morning when Roger had her out, a roadrunner wandered by the site and made Maggie's day! She didn't chase it, but was on super high alert and didn't take her eyes off it for a second as it slowly wandered through the RV park.
We got some extra sleep this morning and it felt very good. The RV park was dark and quiet and we were tired from fighting the wind on the drive there. We were about an hour behind our usual schedule, but since we had such a short distance to go, that was OK. We spotted some wild burros just outside of Beatty but that was it for wildlife today - burros and a roadrunner. The weather was cool and cloudy but there was no wind, thankfully. We made good time and good mileage today.
The fun started when we got to the FamCamp. They assigned us the worst site in the place for backing into. Now, Roger is pretty much a pro at backing in after eleven years of practice, but this site was pretty daunting. The camp host tried to guide him in and was not very good at it, so there was a lot of jockeying back and forth and at one point driving around the circle and starting over. (The sites are in a circle with the outside sites being pull through and the inside sites being back in.) The site had four obstacles. It now only has three. No, we didn't take out anything with the RV, but they had a maintenance guy come and trim branches off a tree that would have scratched up the side of the RV. So we sat in the middle of the street while he did that. There are two poles and a guy wire at the front of the site to maneuver through, a narrow street with a fire hydrant and parking directly across from us, so no room to straighten out and come into the site at the proper angle. What a pain. The site was built for smaller rigs, but like what happened to us at the Air Force Academy this summer, they put us in a short site for some reason. At least, here, they have the correct electrical service. Sorry, I digress. Anyway, after a long, frustrating time, Roger got the rig into place but we overhang the cement pad in the back by about five feet. We had to back up that far so our sewer hose could connect as they put the drain way, way in the back. Good thing we carry several sections of hose. It wasn't fun this afternoon, for sure, but we are now set up and everything is working. Yay.
The place is full, as they are ripping out some old sites and making way for 125 new sites to be constructed in the next six months. There are quite a few active duty folks here but also lots of snowbirds. Not sure what these folks do all winter here other than stay warmer than they would at home, wherever that is.
We went out to eat tonight and tomorrow we will go make groceries. The propane guy is coming tomorrow, too, so we should be all set for our two week stay here. I'm anxious to get out and get a proper walk as the weather will be nice and there's a designated walking path around the perimeter of the park. Maggie and I are tired of being cooped up and not walking because of the wind and cold.
Time to settle in for the night and catch up on my WORDS games.
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