5/24-26/2011 Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It’s Back….

…..to work we go and the sun comes out and the rain dries up. Now its by no means beautiful weather but no water is falling from the sky and the sun peaks out intermittently. Of course the temps are in the low 60’s and because everything is so waterlogged its just cool and damp. Not the greatest combo in our book but we are thankful that water isn’t falling from the sky.

Business is starting to pick up somewhat. We’re averaging about eight campers a night right now. We’ve had several who are on their way to Alaska and we give them a list of must do, must go, must see places. Mostly they ask if the roads to and from are as bad as they’ve heard they are. All we can tell them is to go slow and pay attention to the cones and flags and then go even slower. Bob and I wish we were going again but we’re glad we’re not going THIS year. The fuel prices would just kill us! One couple said that they weren’t staying as long as they originally planned because they have to pay so much more for fuel, its cuts down on how much money there is for campgrounds and more expensive food. At this point, we’re just glad we went when we did.

The weatherman is using the number seventy in his extended forecast! I can’t wait till the temps hit 70! I really can’t wait to put my winter jacket away again.

We ordered steaks, (rib-eye and filet mignon) chicken breasts, burgers, hot dogs and twice baked potatoes from Omaha Steaks and they were delivered today. Frozen solid in dry ice in a nice foam cooler. As soon as it get a little nicer out we’ll break out the grill. Have any of you ordered from Omaha? What was your experience with them?

We get some really strange phone calls sometimes while manning the office. One from today sticks out in my mind. We don’t take reservations here it’s strictly first come first serve. Of course, like all rules there are exceptions like when a General calls and says he wants to make reservation. His, we take. We also make exceptions for members of the military who are changings places of duty from one base to another and they are passing through here. They need a place to stop and rest so they get priority and justly so. Of course at this point in time anybody and everybody gets a space. So today this guy calls and Bob answers the phone. I should make it known now that Bob doesn’t deal with well with people who are…..THICK. The guy wanted to make a reservation for July 30th and Bob explained that we don’t take reservations. He insisted that he made reservations last year but Bob assured him he had this Famcamp mixed up with another one. They went back and forth for several minutes. Finally the guy understands and accepts that there will be no reservations made this day. However, he wasn’t done. He wanted Bob to tell him if there would be an empty space on the 30th of July. Bob told him that he had no way of knowing that and that he should make reservations at one of the many campgrounds just in case we were full. If we had space available then he could cancel the reservations. The guy didn’t want to hear this. He asked over and over again if Bob thought there might be an opening. I think if he could have Bob would have reached through the phone grabbed the guy by the throat and get right in his face and tell him to read his lips! Let’s just say I answered the phone the rest of the day.

We’ve got three days off coming up and we’re supposed to have sunshine and high 60’s…keep your fingers crossed!