Thursday & Friday, March 2nd & 3rd

Just a thought. I've previously commented about how pleasant the workers are down here. They actually seem to enjoy doing their jobs, no matter what the jobs are. The other thing that just struck us is the lack of Help Wanted signs here. Most of the places we have traveled during the summer and now the winter have had Help Wanted signs plastered everywhere. We have seen a few, but not many.

Thursday - It was a scorcher, high of 94. We didn't do much except praise the Lord for AC. We did go to the afternoon Meet and Greet, only to find out that it had been cancelled. Fortunately for us 5 other people showed up because they hadn't heard that it was cancelled. All 5 of them have been spending the winters in this area for years. I think all of them have mobile homes parked here permanently. 

One couple, he is a retired Air Canada 747 pilot, have been coming to this area for 14 years, 7 years at another area campground and then the last 7 years to this one. They have a mobile home. They are from Montreal.

Two other couples were from Minnesota. I can't remember where the lady said she was from.

We had a great time learning about one another. Of course they already knew a lot about each other. It was interesting that they all think this in one of the best campgrounds in the area.

Friday - For about an hour during the night the wind blew something fierce. When I went out this morning I was surprised to find that our lawn chairs were still in the park. Kathy got up during the night and pulled in the kitchen and living room slides because of the coach rocking. 

By around 7AM the temperature was down to a wonderful 57 degrees. Today's high was a mostly sunny, breezy 82. Those are close to average temperatures for here.

We mostly just enjoyed the day. Kathy went to the pool for a short time but said the sun was so bright that even in the water with a hat on she was concerned about getting burned.

I went over after lunch and watched some guys race radio controlled cars.

One of the cars with the body removed. They are 4WD electric cars. The rechargeable batteries are good for 20-25 minutes before having to be swapped out. Swapping batteries takes a couple of minutes.

The track. They wet the clay track, similar to sprint cars. They have sprinklers on tripods to wet the curved sections of the track. The guy in the middle used a spray nozzle on a hose to wet down the straightaways. The "drivers" are all in the stand on the right.

The guy in the center also sets the cars back on their wheels after crashes. I was told that these cars can hit 45 mph on the straightaways. In the collision below one of the cars had spun and was facing the wrong way. The drivers just hit the gas and spin them back around. In this instance as he hit the gas another car was coming full speed and they hit head on. It bent the drive shaft in one of the cars and the guy was retired for the day. He left and was off to the hobby shop to buy another driveshaft since neither he nor the other guys could find one when they searched their spare parts bins.

The old saying, "The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys." seems applicable.

As we were sitting outside in the afternoon I noticed movement under the pickup at the next campsite. The little rabbit had been standing on its hind legs inspection the bottom of the truck frame. It would move a foot and do the same thing again. By the time I got my phone and took the photo it was just having some grass for lunch.

I will try to embed a short video.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.