Since James still had to commute back and forth to Lake Arrowhead quite frequently to finish up his projects I do all of the ‘host work’ by myself so James can spent the hours he has to make on the various projects they want him to do.
The first one he tackled consisted of making 4 new horseshoe back boards to replace the ones that were falling apart. They wanted it done before the busy holiday ‘season’. He did a great job!
I usually clean the bathrooms real good on Monday after most people have left and spiff them up on the following days when needed.
Since there weren’t too many people staying during the week there wasn’t much else to do so I started working on weeding the cactus gardens, pruning back bushes and cleaning up the sites which is an ongoing project over the winter months.
Since there weren’t too many people staying during the week there wasn’t much else to do so I started working on weeding the cactus gardens, pruning back bushes and cleaning up the sites which is an ongoing project over the winter months.
Joe and Deanna are a great source of information about workamping and the RV lifestyle and we spent many evenings together around a campfire, picking their brains. They also introduced me to a domino game called ‘Mexican train’, lots of fun and apparently a must to be able to play as a workamper and also to ‘s mores’, which I had never had before! Yummm!
I, at my turn, introduced them to ‘coffee time’, which in Holland means a sit down coffee around 10 or 10.30 in the morning (every morning) drinking 2 small cups of coffee with some cookies while exchanging gossip and how your day is going so far.
I, at my turn, introduced them to ‘coffee time’, which in Holland means a sit down coffee around 10 or 10.30 in the morning (every morning) drinking 2 small cups of coffee with some cookies while exchanging gossip and how your day is going so far.
On Christmas Eve we grilled steaks and stayed up late. It was a crystal clear and very cold night so we bundled up in blankets wearing shawls and gloves. It was absolutely gorgeous. Not a sound to be heard, the stars were out in full force and we think we even saw one falling, or was it Santa …?
On Christmas day we had our 2nd potluck at Agua. I’m glad I inherited a lot of great recipes from James’ Mom who always had a lot of church potlucks to go to. This time I brought a fruit salad with cream also known as ‘Ambrosia’. No calories in this one!
Of course we had sold most of our christmas decorations but I had kept a few small ones so I had put
the RV somewhat in the 'Christmas spirit'. Merlin always loved to climb our trees in the previous years so after we came back from the potluck it was no surprise that he had tackled this one too,
and had knocked it over!
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Also, we had been keeping an eye on new jobs posted on workamping.com for next summer and had sent our resume to a few 'contenders'. We'd like to spent some time at the beach if possible and were thrilled to get a call from Turtle Rock RV resort in Gold Beach, OR, just after Christmas.
We set up a little telephone conference during which we were both interviewed by the owner and were approved on the spot!
It's great to have something 'secured' for next season, one less thing to think about!