I am combining Monday & Tuesday entries because I have no pictures for these two days and because the majority of the day was spent just relaxing around the campground and chatting with folks.
Both mornings we woke up and did our jog/walk routine. The roads around here are mostly gravel. The campground is on the edge of town and right next to us is a farm/ranch with cattle. So it is a scenic jog/walk checking out the cows and horses. We even saw a couple deer in the fields.
Monday after our breakfast we were just hanging around the 5er doing research on the membership campground info we were given. We had just started grilling some hot dogs when Glen and Rosi, the other DRV owners stopped by to chat. We made arrangements to stop by and visit at their rig after we had our lunch. I love checking out other people's rigs and getting decorating ideas, etc. So after our lunch and a quick pick up in our rig - had to put away all our research materials that we had on our table, we headed over to chat with Glen and Rosi.
Wow, what wonderful, friendly and informative people. They have been full timing for 12 years. They had just upgraded to the Mobile Suites six weeks ago. We spent around 3 to 4 hours chatting with them about their experience with the Coast to Coast (CC) & Resort Park International (RPI) membership clubs, their experience with purchasing their new Mobile Suites and all the stories that go along with learning about a new coach. They have the same model as we do except theirs is a 38 foot, versus our 36 foot. It was interesting seeing what that extra 2 feet got you. They have a beautiful coach, they have the same color scheme as we do but their furniture was different which gave it a different look. They came and toured our coach and we showed them a couple of things that we had special ordered into our coach. We couldn't believe when it was time to say good bye that we had just spent that much time chatting, the afternoon just flew by.
So we had our dinner and watched a movie from the office. They have a movie and book exchange which is really nice. They don't charge for the movies, you just sign them out and bring them back the next day. With the books, you can exchange or just take one if you want. So far, I've resisted the temptation to browse the books too much after our bag of books deal we got in Spokane. I've been reading from Rich's hardback collection of Louis L'Amour that we have along. I'm trying to get through them so that when we are back at my mom's in September that we can drop them off.
Tuesday, our morning was pretty much a repeat of Monday. We did go to the office and sign up for Passport America which is a 50% off campground club which we had planned on doing anyway and reserved another two nights until we can decide if we are going to join CC or RPI.
I spent some time on the computer doing some budget bookwork and then went outside and sat outside and read in the sunshine. Glen and Rosi had given me some magazines from the Escapee's RV club that had some interesting articles. Sitting outside also gave me the opportunity to meet and chat with a few of our other neighbors. People staying in this park are so friendly, it's really pretty nice. Our next door neighbor, Ernie came over and chatted for awhile along with his 10 year old grand daughter, Justice. You sure do meet some interesting people and hear some interesting stories. I forgot to mention that earlier that morning we were walking in the park with Gracie and stopped and chatted with a couple people. One couple spent their time between Baja, Mexico - San Felipe to be exact and Canada. I got to tour their motorhome which was nice, but I liked our 5er better. She also gave me a coupon for a discounted stay at a couple campgrounds in British Columbia and Alberta which may be helpful as we are eventually headed that way.
I took back the magazines to Glen and Rosi and spent some more time visiting, they are heading out in the morning so we exchanged email addresses and said our goodbyes. Maybe we'll see them down the road some day. It sure was nice visiting with them.
We had dinner and watched another movie. I forgot to mention that both Monday and Tuesday nights that there were thunderstorms forecast, but it is really interesting to see the weather patterns here, it seems like they hug the mountains on either side of us and just go around us here, which is nice. We can see these dark storm clouds on either side of us, but it stays nice and dry where we are. We have more thunderstorms in the forecast over the next couple of days so hopefully it will stay that way.
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