Well as we prepare for the long weekend there has been lots of activity, we have been on our own since Tuesday, Richard and Bonnie had to go to the other park, expected to be back Friday…Rich’s comment as he left…your in charge…what could go wrong?

Well because Tuesday was sunny, and the rest of the week looked a little suspect, I decided to work the afternoon. So I moved the lane way which is one mile long. That with a little trimming took the best part of three hours. And as much as it was sunny it was still only 8C or 48F degrees and just sitting on the mower was quite chilly. But it looks much better.

Wednesday looks like it is going to be dry so we have a couple of lots to clean up, now that we can work without being in mud. I had two water taps to change out one on the north side and one on the south side of course. We had dropped some trees around site 180, and had placed a couple of logs either side of the deck, to protect the deck when the tree fell over it. But it was too wet to remove them so today I chainsawed them into smaller chunks that could be handled and trucked then away, Laurie raked up the mess I made and now 180 looks pretty good! We had three trailers come in today and helped get them situated on their lots, and I almost got the trailer leveled on site 87 which sounds easy. But when they are seasonal we place cement blocks under the frame in six locations, so getting all six properly situated and the trailer truly level is a time consuming process. We are going out for dinner tonight with some special friends!

Well Thursday is here and our list of tasks is shrinking, it is going to be warm again today and they have changed the forecast, so no rain till late this afternoon so today is the final cutting of the lawns before the weekend, Laurie has sprayed all the weeds in all the areas around the buildings, she also raked and cleaned our new site across the road from where we are now. I assembled a barbecue that was in a box on deck of the guest house, done the final weed whacking and blowing around the playgrounds and walkways, the last task for today is to split some more wood for the weekend a task that will get finished on Friday morning. It was even warm enough to sit out and have a cocktail before dinner.

I know who would ever have thought that we would look forward to Monday, but now as Monday and Tuesday are our days off, I must admit it almost feels like a Saturday. An extra cup of coffee, and the world (at least my world) starts to make sense again, today will be a restock day, groceries, laundry, maybe even a trip to the LCBO and the beer store!

To explain for our American family we here in Ontario can only by liquor from a government ran store the LCBO is the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, I know it’s almost unbelievable, so there is no competition, so there are no sales, and no promotions on liquors. In fact in Ontario we do not have happy hours, bars and pubs are not allowed to discount drinks, in case it promoted drinking….now you my understand why we get excited about happy hours. And until very recently only place to by beer was from the Brewers Retail, which was owned by the large brewery’s in Ontario which were Molson’s, Labbatt,s, and Carling Okeefe, (of course the kick is all those brewery’s are now owned by foreign interest) and controlled by the provincial government. In an effort to update they have changed their name to the “Beer Store”, wow I know how original, but makes more sense than the Brewers Retail. But in an effort to move into the 21st century we can now buy a six pack of beer at selected grocery stores, and there hasn’t been a break out of partying in the street yet.

The weekend went very well, no major issues, the park is drying out even with some rain showers, the pump outs went smooth, we are expecting a busy week as we prepare for our first long weekend of the camping season, our Victoria Day, which has became known as the May 2-4 weekend, which refers to both the date and a case of 24 beers

Well we are off to town and I hate to say it but I need to buy some more blue jeans….