Well Friday night security checks were uneventful with a dry cool evening, a number of campfires but some of the usual suspects are missing this weekend. As crazy as it seems while the weekends mean Laurie is busy in the store and office they are usually much slower for me as we really try not to be noise or move any machinery on the week end with all the kids and traffic in the park.

This morning I ventured off to Goderich to the farmers market, Miss Laurie wants some rhubarb to make a crisp, and I always love to go and look for treats at a market, a fellow has to take care of that sweet tooth. So rhubarb, some peppers, a jar of relish, and oh yeah some butter tarts and all is well. For our America family butter tarts are a staple here in Ontario, the can be made plain or with raisins, walnuts, pecans, the butter filling can be runny or solidified, totally your individual choice, mine are runny with pecans because that is how my dad liked them so that was how my mom made them and of course the pastry has to melt in your mouth as well…there is even a butter tart tour across Ontario same as the bourbon tour in Tennessee…well the same but different….lol

Saturday I will finish the washing of the pool deck, and wash all the lounge chairs in the pool area. It’s early Saturday morning and I can see the pool that was crystal clear on Friday has started to become cloudy, while Richard is not back till Sunday I know that we need to check the chemicals in the pool. So I muddle my way through it and realize the chlorine is very low so I start chlorine pump to add as I continue to finish off the cleaning. It is a sunny morning but still quite cool only about 10 of 52 degrees with a breeze off the lake again today.

The whether report is thunderstorms in the afternoon, it looks like for once we are going to be spared the heavy storms as they are passing through just south of us. Looks like Port Huron / Sabrina are getting slammed big time, while we can hear lots of thunder we are just catching the edge of the storm. So a couple hours of rain and we appear to be past the worst of the whether so Saturday night could get a little noisy after every one being coupled up this afternoon with not much else to do but drink…I know have been in the same situation myself…just saying

So a security check at 9:30 made it appear like it could be a tough night…lots of campfires…and lots of people…with lots of music and noise. But as luck would have it at about 10:30 the rain came back…for once I’m thinking this might be a good thing, and as I went out for the 11 o’clock check only a couple of groups left and everything was breaking up…nice another quiet Saturday night.

Sunday was a day of questions when will the pool be open, when will the beach access be open to which I have no solid answer yet. Richard is back this morning, it is a sunny morning but that cool breeze off the lake still keeps it chilly. So today is my pool training day, with the official start to daily pool maintenance. The pool will be open in two weeks for the Fathers Day weekend so now I have to keep the pool cleaned, and stable for the next two weeks. We will also start the heater so it is warm for opening which again will change the chemical balance of the pool. So step by step through all components, cleaning of the filters, vacuuming the pool testing the chemicals, recording all the info into the log book. Simple enough but we are dealing with the Health board of Ontario so every thing must be recorded and documented and if you can believe this when we open I have to check the chemical levels every two hours…looks a lot of pool time for me this summer…

And as every Sunday afternoon ends it is pump out time, and as disgusting as that my sound it really is not that bad…any one who RV’s deals with a black tank every few days, no different only it’s once a week and involves forty or fifty black tanks…not a real big deal

It is the 30th of May, and to say it has been a wet spring would just touch the surface, it has been cold and wet for over a month and the long forecast on the weather channel show a summer with big storms…oh boy. It’s Thursday morning and it hasn’t rained since Tuesday although a number of sites are still very wet there is no rain in the forecast till Saturday and warming temperatures with some sun. So hopefully the weather cycle is changing for the better. We are suppose to move to another site a bigger site that gives Laurie a better view of the store so that she doesn’t have to sit in the store all day but can monitor it from the coach.

Today is mowing day with the lane being on the schedule, I’m also power washing the pool area as we have deck repairs scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, after that the Health Board should give us the approval to open the pool. Also on Monday and Tuesday the rescheduled work on the beach walk are to happen.

Well the mowing is done, the grass is growing like crazy, cutting the lane every second week is tough with this kind of growth, the mower is set up for mulching which leaves clumps of cut grass when it’s to long so I will try to do a second mowing next week so that I can get on top of it, not a hard job just takes a couple of hours.

Have completed the exterior washing of the washroom building and as much as I thought it was just a make work project, it looks much better after being power washed.

Laurie and I have opened the pool building, removed the tarps and are sweeping the debris from the pool deck and power washing it in preparation for the repairs. It seems to take a long time but the better job we do means less stuff to get into the pool which makes the pool boys job easier.

It’s the first of June tomorrow as the weekend warriors are starting to stream in, it won’t be till next week that we move to our new site…oh well.