'23/#20 Holiday At The KOA

 Labor Day weelend is a sign that the summer is coming to an end. This is the last hurrah for locals and tourists to go camping and enjoy the outdoors before winter sets in. Winter in the U.P. is not for the faint of heart. Temperatures that will freeze the Great Lakes and storms that will sink large ships can come from any one of the lakes that surround Michigan.

This is also a time for us to brace for the last busy weekend of the season. In the pictures you can see how busy we got and how empty we became once everyone left. From now until the time we leave here things should be much slower and work will be at an easier pace. 

Now that things will be slowing down it is also time for us to make preparations to get back on the road. We have already started cleaning and purging the inside of the RV of all the stuff we have gathered while sitting still. Next will be checking all the working components on the trailer and truck to make everything road worthy. We will also move to a different site with full hook-ups. That means a real sewer connection and no more portable waste tank to empty at the dump site. Think "honey wagon" but 30 gallons at a time. Not horrible but time consuming and a bit of a pain in the ass. 

Well we have to go to work since the crew is now down to the managers, two sets of workcampers, and one local. The work will be easier but we will all be spread thinner around the campground. The seven of us all work well together so it shouldn't be an issue. 

So I will sign off from our home in St Ignace because.....

Home is where we park it,

Frank and Mary