Our Summer Site as Camp Hosts, not bad!!

Monday 10 May 2021

     Well here it is time to move to Tompkins for our tour of duty as campground hosts. Now you know how it goes we are only moving 15 miles so no hurry.  We have breakfast and slowly start cleaning and packing for for the trip.  You know it was noon before we knew it and time to step it up a notch.  Diane 

Our summer site is
covered in leaves!!

headed out stopping for broccoli salad, propane and some potting soil.  I stopped for fuel then headed to the campground.  I parked on the road and started blowing leaves off the site until Diane arrived.  The park is closed so no hurry we clean up the site and planned our attack to get the Moho backed in as the road is a little narrow.  I forgot to tell you it rained steady most of last night, water running everywhere and ground is very very soft.  So we start backing up pulling forward, backing up pulling forward like five times being careful to keep the back wheels on the pavement.  Diane starts yelling stop...so I did.  I got out we are in between a sign post and flower box with the front of the Moho dragging in the mud.  Oh crap, crap and crap. We decided to pull up the flower box and fix it later. Well turns out it was just sitting on the ground we picked up and move it.  Had we known that we would have avoid this whole mess.  It took over a hour and most of our nerves until we were backed in and parked.  Whew!  We arranged enough of our stuff to be comfortable for the night and figured we make a plan for arranging the site in the morning.

We didn't get stuck, but we sure did give it a good try!!

After 8 tries, the sign moved and we moved right in, who knew.  😀

Tuesday 11 May 2021

    I left Diane here to study the mess we had outside while I went hunting and to my surprise she just waited until I got back (not really she had a fire and was burning leaves).  We worked all day getting things arranged and then rearranged.  It has been a long time since we have been parked for such a long time and you want to make feel like home.  Diane had started the fire and she raked, burned and used the leaf blower on the rest of leaves most of the day. I split and stacked wood  until I swung and missed and bruised my hand...time to quit and enjoy the fire.  Some of the maintenance volunteers stopped by to introduce themselves and chat a little. We ordered take out from a new BBQ joint up the road.   It is nice having the whole camp ground to yourselves just sit by the fire and relax.

Wednesday 12 May 2021

   No hunting this morning it was a rest and recover day.  Another nice morning breakfast on the grill and back to site organizing.  More leaves to rake more wood to split more and meet the rest of the maintenance volunteers.  Grill chicken strips for dinner then wine by the fire.  Diane is definitely enjoying the camp fires.  She has them going by lunch lasting until dark I just hope I can haul it in faster than she burns it.😄

Thursday 13 May 2021

  I was up and in the mountain by 0530, I had a good feeling that today I would find the gobblers.  Well that feeling passed in a hurry although I did see a hen.  Back to the Moho by 9:45 just in time for Diane to head into Wellsboro for a back massage hoping to relieve some of her back pain.  And of course since she was in town she hit the grocery store, wine store, hardware store and our favorite deli (Pag-O-Mar's). In the mean time Rudy and I took a much needed nap.  After that nap we rested before hitting the wood pile for an hour or so.  Diane returned we stacked wood then some wine, sat by the fire then burgers on the grill.  

Friday 14 May 2021

   The weather has been great for several days now in the 30's at night but clear skies and highs in the 60's.  So I went hunting back to the same place as yesterday hoping to find a gobbler but no luck.  On my way out I decided for stop in and visit Jen and borrow a cup of coffee, but it turned out they are down state.  Back to the Moho, brunch again today sausage and eggs on the grill.  Diane did the big grocery shopping to Wegmans in NY.  Rudy and I finished splitting and stacking the fire wood, weed wacked and continued to fix up the site.  When Diane got home she planted the rest of the flowers then it was wine by the campfire. Another good day.

Our site is getting
ready, looks better.

 Saturday 15 May 2021 

    Opening day for the campground and what a beautiful day it was.  Forty degrees and a magnificent sunrise this morning it quickly warmed up into the 60's.  After breakfast I went to State Line camping center to pick up some supplies and wouldn't you know it there was a yard sale right at the entrance.  Naturally I had to stop on my way out and found a few items I could not pass up. Thirty dollars later the truck was loaded up and I was on my way home.  Diane was so happy with my purchases she kept saying not again, not again.  She had the fire going by lunch and we keep it going all day.  She planted the last of the flowers and the place is looking nice.  We put up the clam for out door setting in the bug season.  Another big moment was the sewer plant being turned on and shortly there after we dumped tanks with five days worth of holdings. That excitement was short lived as the tank rinse piping started to leak inside the coach somewhere dripping down into water bin. Oh well one more thing to fix.  We have sewer the washer is running, long showers and real plates again.  We sat by the fire in between talking to the other camp hosts.  A good day.