Busy, busy, busy

We lost our camphosts in the Beaver Creek area because of a family medical emergency, and they had to leave for Texas.  With three campgrounds in that area, Jim and I felt we had to move from Park Creek to Beaver Creek Campground.  So Friday was moving day and we are settled in now.  With 43 campsites in three campgrounds we will stay busy.

Our wonderful camphosts in Tucker Ponds agreed to watch over Park Creek by checking it every night to make sure everyone has paid, cleaning the restrooms and maintaining the sites.  They will also go up to Lobo Lookout and Shaw Lake once a week to clean those restrooms, and daily clean the restroom at the boat ramp at Big Meadows Reservoir.

Jim will do the daily cleaning at Columbine and Lake Fork Rest Stops and watch over Highway Spring, Cross Creek and Upper Beaver Campgrounds.  I’ll maintain the larger Beaver Creek Campground and do the weekly and monthly paperwork.

So we have four people taking care of six campgrounds and five public restrooms….not the best way to do it, but sometimes you just got to do what you got to do. It’s hard to find good camphosts mid-season.

Then to top it all off, somewhere in the putting away of stuff and moving I can’t find my camera!!!  Gad zooks!  So no photos till I can find it again.  You haven’t seen it anywhere, have you?

Remember, you are loved.

Busy 4th of July

Every one of our six campgrounds were full for the 3rd and 4th of July. That is a first for us…there always seems to be one or two campsites empty in every campground. 

Then to top that off, the camphost who took care of three campgrounds had to leave because of a family emergency back in Texas…so they left July 4th.  Now we are in the midst of trying to find another camphost from another district or we will have to move from Park Creek Campground to Beaver Creek Campground. We just don’t think it is prudent to leave three campgrounds without a host, although we have more campers here in Park Creek than all the other three campgrounds!

So we have six campgrounds and there are four of us to run them all plus six additional public restrooms on the highway and two reservoirs.  We are all tired, to say the least.

We have enjoyed the Two Lindas’ delightful company and shared some mighty fine meals together…many of them with the Abeyta family.

Notice how close the dining tent is to the creek!  Eight of the 13 campsites are right on the creek. Very pretty and serene.

We got the Two Lindas off towards Wyoming where they have their next job in Thayne for three weeks. They will be coming back to Colorado to do five RV parks in Pagosa Springs, Bayfield and Durango.  We are looking forward to seeing them again in a month.

Well, I have paperwork for five campgrounds to get caught up to date so I will sign off for now and hopefully get another blog post up tomorrow.

Remember, you are loved!