On the Road Again

Well, we are on the road again.  Just left Dillard, Georgia where we have been workkamping at the River Vista RV Resort since the first of October.  The people there were great.  Karen and her husband, Bob, are the managers and were very easy to work for.  We were pretty much on our own to keep the cabins cleaned, as well as the wash rooms, and laundry rooms.   We had to put in 15 hours a week each to cover our sight.  If any additional hours were required we were paid a small stipend and we averaged about 20 hours a week.

We made a great friend with Tommy Hartman, the maintenance manager.  He is the brother in law of the owner and was a lot of fun.  His stories were always fun to hear, sometimes with some colorful language.  Tommy is a recovering alcoholic and was not ashamed to say it.  His journey to sobriety is an inspirational one. He gives all the credit to God for helping him.  We will not soon forget Tommy nor any of the wonderful people we met and worked with.  Below is a grouping of everyone.

We would love to come back next year but there are some changes in the plans at the resort.  It appears that next year the workkampers will be required to work 40 hours each a week.  As much as we enjoyed our stay, we are retired after all and full time jobs are not what we are looking for, but the managers have indicated that they would try to work with us if we really wanted to come back.  Time will tell.  Below are a few pictures of River Vista.

Our Spot for 3 Months.  Could not find the pot at the end of the rainbow however.  Bummer

Putting up Christmas decorations.  Really don't like icicle lights anymore.

Just so you will know we did work.  Sherree at one of the cabins we cleaned.

Where are we off to now?  Our first stop will be Stone Mountain RV Park in Stone Mountain Georgia, where we will spend a couple days with our friends Nita and Paul Crowder.  This will the our last visit for some time so it will be bitter sweet.  We  have been friends for over 40 years and have always been close.

After Stone Mountain comes Tuscaloosa, Alabama to spend Christmas with Tonya, Donnie, Wendy, Gerald and all the grand kids.  We are meeting at  Zion Avisha Wildlife Retreat and Hunting Preserve.   I know it doesn't sound very festive but it is a beautiful place and the grand kids will have a lot of room to run and play, plus Gerald's sister made arrangements with the owners for us to stay for free and you can't beat a deal like that.  We will be spending 6 days together and we are really looking forward to the visit.  I'm sure I will be blogging about our Christmas, so be prepared.

After Christmas, comes a month back in the DFW area for some RV maintenance and our annual Dr.'s appointments and get togethers with old friends and family.  We are looking forward to a full January in Dallas.

The first of February will find us at Cap Rock Canyon State Park in the panhandle of Texas acting as camp host.  We will be there from February through April and then head to Lubbock to welcome our new grand baby in May.  We will stay in Lubbock for a couple of months to help Wendy with the new baby and spend as much time with Jake, our grandson, as possible.