We survive Labor Day

Labor Day is a huge holiday here at the RV park. We were completely booked, which means that all 220 spaces and 17 cabins had folks planning to use the facility. This figures out to 3-4 people per space, and if you do the arithmetic you can figure out how many people we had to deal with over the weekend. On Friday night we had a live band (very good one) playing at the saloon on the new stage we built several weeks ago. Then on Saturday we had three bands playing in turn at our outdoor amphitheater, and we fed everyone barbecued brisket, potato salad, beans, bread, pickle, and beer or soda. This food is provided by the park free to the guests. In the middle of feeding everyone, it began to rain and continued for about an hour. No one seemed to get mad about the rain because we need it desperately. After the rain quit, the music continued, and all had a great evening. By eleven we closed up and gladly headed for our motor home. Most of the guests stayed until Monday when about 130 sites checked out and headed home. Yesterday, Monday, we started the cleanup which meant collecting lots of garbage. The best part of this detail is taking the tractor and mashing the garbage down into the bins so that we can put even more in. I have done this activity two times now and thoroughly enjoy mashing the garbage. You have to get your kicks any way you can when you get to be my age. Now things are relatively quiet here with more cleanup scheduled today. Labor Day is over for another year, and we are thankful. Happy travels.