Sorry just couldn’t resist, the second day of camp life has been hectic, but when we sat and discussed what had happened through out the day it was like I was busy all day but really didn’t accomplish anything of greatness. A few small repairs to taps, a tripped breaker or two, move a picnic table here remove one from here, install a water heater plug for a guest, just little handy jobs.

We had a new fifth wheel come in to day that we had to level and block, a few other trailers that guests brought in, one moved sites, just a lot of little things.

The main difference with this campground and transient or short term areas, almost every site has a shed, every trailer is on cement blocks, because 98% of the units here are trailers or park models. There are only two other motor homes in the park and we have the only coach. Rich and I opened a number of trailers and park model today that are up for sale, the prices vary from 18,000 to 80,000 dollars depending on the rig and the site, the 80,000 has lake view and a couple of wood decks to enjoy the sunsets. Part of Laurie’s tasks are showing these units to potential clients, as the park gets a commission for brokering the sales and doing up the offers to purchase and the contracts for the sale of the units.

Tomorrow is a big day for me…..first go with the honey wagon, talk about black tank stories! Well until then all is well even had some sunshine today, still only got to 9 or 50 degrees but it felt pretty good anyway…..forecast for tomorrow is 15 or 62 degrees with sunshine…..here is hopping.

Only 6 or 44 degrees, it’s 8 o’clock on opening day, it is overcast and we are only expecting a high of 8 or 48, but no rain till Monday, and we have heavy equipment in repairing the damage done over the winter with the process of shoring up the bank. The water levels are very high on all the Great Lakes this year and we have flooding in many areas of Ontario. Many people have lost cottages in the Muskoka area with rivers flooding washing out roads, our issue is from the waves of Lake Huron washing away at the shore and bank.

The park officially opens at noon today and Rich and I have a number of small projects to complete this morning, blocking off the beach access, putting some wood chips down on a lookout point around the benches, trimmings a few small trees, and a last clean up of sticks and branches.

It’s noon and there has been a steady stream of guests entering the park. The first rush is about over its 4 o’clock and only a few issues, received one trailer, replaced one 30 amp receptacle, helped a couple of people with a few water issues, over all pretty smooth.

The next rush will hit at about 6 o’clock as people finish work for the weekend, and head up to the campground, just to let you know, it never warmed up at all today, in fact the wind off the lake has lowered the temperature.

The afternoon rush went very smooth with no major issues, Laurie was busy at the office/store with lots of last minute items and everyone getting registered for the season, although it has stayed cold all day, lots of camp fires. We took a tour around the campground to met as many people as possible and everyone seems very friendly.

Well just finished my security round, it 11 o’clock and only a couple of groups sitting around campfires, the furnaces running are noisier than anything else. So opening day done with minimal problems….easy peazy….lol