It is Tuesday morning and we are in the middle of our two days off, so yesterday we went to the beach and we explored the north side of the beach area, Miss Laurie found some shore glass (we used to call it sea glass when we were in Newfoundland and Florida but now it’s shore glass) and of course some more rocks to add to her collection. Then enjoyed some quiet time in the Clam with the creatures with a couple of cocktails and of course I get to thinking of work items that need our attention so end up helping Richard get them fixed up as he abuses me about not being able to sit still…could be true but I’m not admitting to it just yet. Although we did close the pool at 9 o’clock when Richard and Bonnie had not made it back home from dinner yet…so ok maybe he is right…just saying.

Today we are heading off to Woodstock to take Laurie’s brother Steve out for lunch as it is his Birthday this week and he is working in the Woodstock area. So I need to give the sport trac a quick was as its looking a little grubby from the mile long gravel lane and the fact it has been so wet it definitely needs a bath.

The trip to Woodstock was uneventful it is about an hour and forty minutes from the camp ground so it makes over three hours of driving time just for a short visit, but Laurie hadn’t seen her brother since April and we needed to do a little shopping. Seems that I must be loosing a little weight as all by pants and shorts have became a little loose so a couple new pairs of shorts and I’m good to go.

While driving back Laurie noticed a barber shop in Mitchell, it seems to have become a scarce commodity any more, the old barbers are retiring and no one is taking over, there are lots of chains but it’s just not the same. Not that I can be considered a good client as we travel so much, if I find a good barber I will make an effort to go back. So I’m sporting a fresh hair cut from Brian’s Barber Shop in Mitchell, and yes my hair was cut by Brian my new favourite barber in the area….lol

And with a blink of an eye and a stop at the LCBO and our two days off have vanished and back to work on Wednesday.

Well we have passed the halfway point of June and are still having the heater on overnight as we are still creeping in to the single digits of temperatures (below fifty for our America family) and with most of my days being outside I quite often feel chilled when we sit down for the evening….I know suck it up buttercup!

Well we just went through a weekend off, well if you don’t count helping Richard with the pump outs and Laurie covering the store and cleaning the washrooms yesterday we were off. LOL

We are in a seven day straight working week as Richard and Bonnie were attending their daughters graduation in Ottawa this week and then they are at the other park and not expected back till Sunday, which means we are running the park for now. Laurie had us added a box around a row of cedars to keep the mulch in place so it does not get onto the snap courts when it rains, it is Wednesday and lawn mowing day.

So the big news from the weekend was that they have hired a part time university girl to help Laurie out with covering the store hours as we close in on the new summer hours. So summer hours start June 25th till September 2nd…a pretty cushy job for the summer, nothing but store hours…so Laurie get an email from Bonnie at noon today the new girl just let everyone know that she would be on holidays from June 26th till July 5th over the July 1st weekend. I mean seriously this is the problem, we can not even get people to show up for interviews for two part time positions here at the park, and Richard had told me that was why they decided to get work campers for the park because when the hired locals it was a crap shoot if they would show up for work or not.

So the week has gone well, playing with the chemicals as pool boy, cleaning and trimming, which has became a major portion of the weekly tasks. With all the rain every thing continues to grow almost in spring like conditions. The expectations are that the growth of the grass will slow down as the summer heat starts to take over, but in the meantime we are preparing for the second major holiday weekend of the season. July 1st which is our Canada Day, so the park will be packed to capacity as there is live music, food truck, and fireworks planned for the next week end.