Rain, or a chance of rain, is in the forecast here 6 out of every 7 days. This is the first day that it has actually rained since we arrived. It isn't a hard rain, more like a heavy drizzle.
Yesterday I did end up eating at the Dining Hall. Breakfast was at 8, not 7 as I had been told. It was being put out on the steam tables before I finished using the WiFi. WiFi is active only in the Dining Hall and "Staff Room", which is an appendage to the Dining Hall. I have to be within 50' of the building before my phone starts picking up the WiFi, so there isn't a chance that we can get it at the RV.
I'm in the Staff Room again this morning (the Staff Room/Dining Hall are about a quarter mile from our RV, I drove this morning but normally we walk) to check emails and write/post this blog. I will be eating breakfast here again this morning. Yesterday we had plain pancakes, blueberry pancakes, smoked sausage, fruit and cereal for breakfast choices. For lunch yesterday we had hamburgers, a baked bean type chili, and fries. Our hamburgers were overcooked and were barely warm, but they were free <grin>. Last night for supper we had barbecued chicken, fries and salad. Dessert was oatmeal/raisin cookies.
For work yesterday Kathy continued with the sheet changing and bathroom cleaning. Tamara the "staff" lady who is supposed to do all this is new. She seems to be a little overwhelmed by the amount of work required between weekend retreats. Kathy worked with her for 3 days and she still didn't get everything finished. There a several couples who both work here and who live at the camp. Tamara is Rick's wife. Rick is the Maintenance Manager. They, and their daughter, live "up the hill" from us, in a trailer at the top of the RV park. Rick's dad, Bob also works here doing maintenance. I think he is an employee but he may be a volunteer. I think he (Bob) lives in a 5th wheel unit in the RV park.
I got the bathroom floor torn out enough for people to decide that we don't need to remove the tub. I found more deteriorated floor adjacent to where I had already removed the floor so I need to cut out another 8" wide by 48" section of the subfloor. I can't get the cast iron toilet flange loose from the plumbing. Roper (Roper is the Operations Manager. He and his wife live in a house on the camp grounds) suggested that I try cutting it into three sections, with my reciprocating saw (SawsAll), and then trying to break it off the plastic pipe it is threaded onto. Hopefully I will be able to do this without destroying the threaded plastic pipe. Those jobs are for Monday.
I also painted the 8' section of 2x4 I scrounged Thursday, and then used it to replace the damaged piece in the fence by the Admin building.
Today we are heading back to Oakland for Drew's birthday party. Kathy asked, several times I'm sure, if there was anything we could do to help and he said we could some early and help him do some cleaning. It will be interesting to see how far he progressed with the interior painting since we left last Tuesday.
By the way, it was a balmy 50 degrees in the RV when I got up this morning.
Have a great day and may God bless you and yours.
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