We are staying at an upscale RV resort... very quiet this time of year. The winter visitors haven't shown up, yet. This is a place where you can buy the lot, or take your chances renting. They also have park homes, manufactured homes, and stick-built homes on lots.
We are at the bottom of the status scale, staying here only 5 nights. ;-)
That became apparent when we went to the pool this morning. It was 76º when we got up around sunrise. Joan proposed breakfast out, then back for some pool time before we clean up for the day. Good plan.
Breakfast was great, and we were back to the motorhome around 8:00. Slide into swimsuits and headed for the pool. There were about a half dozen ladies in the pool, who obviously all knew each other. They either live here year 'round or are the early arrivers. The "designated greeter" came over to say, "Hi." Well, she wanted to know if we were new here ("No, it has been a couple years since we stayed here.") and how long we are staying ("Just 5 days this time.").
OK, it was determined that there was no point in them engaging us further. ;-)
We did a few laps of the pool, then a few minutes in the hot tub. This is a gorgeous pool area: built in tables along one side of the pool, a sloping entry on one side, lots of lounge chairs, several cabanas; the hot tub will hold 30 comfortably... and it was plenty warm.
When we got back to the coach, we hung towels and swimsuits on our awning bars - that should keep away any neighbors, even though it will only take a few minutes for things to dry here. Speaking of warm, we forgot to turn on the water heater when we got back. (Let me digress for a moment: some RVs have the ability to use electric or propane for the water heater... you use electric when you're plugged in, propane when you aren't. Some have electric only, or propane only. It's nice to conserve your propane when on electric that is already in the price of the site. OK, back to the subject...) Joan was able to use hot water only when she showered. By the time she was done, I had to turn the hot water almost completely off... the water coming in from the cold controller is still plenty warm here.
I mentioned that we are on a "premium pull-through site." Here's what that gets you... cable TV, wifi, a concrete patio, permanent picnic table with bench seats, all the usual utility hookups, and a double length RV site (made by combining two regular length back-to-back sites, to accommodate big rigs). Frankly our little Winnebago doesn't need all that length - we liked the idea of a pull-through site so we could easily unload the scoots without disconnecting the trailer. Oh, and this resort allows cargo trailers that are "approved by the management." We have had ours here a couple years ago, with the HitchHiker; we came in "pre-approved." ;-)
Normally at this park, they ask you what direction you'd like to face with your rig. It does make a difference; the way most of the sites line up, you either have sunshine or shade on your patio, depending on the direction you face. We are facing west, which means the afternoon sun pounds in the windshield... thank goodness for the white cover we have for that.
Also, they normally "line up" the RVs: the guy who escorts you to your site lines up on the rigs on either side of you so that the front of each vehicle is the same distance from the street. We "negotiated" on this... to best line up for utilities, we have to be back further than their "magic distance." I said, "We are only going to be here 5 days, and we have no neighbors on either side - how about we just position it where it will be convenient for our stay?"
Since there is no standard positioning of utilities on RVs or RV sites, we simply try to position ourselves so it is easy. This is not the only RV park that does this - all three that we frequent here do the same "arrangement." This park is my favorite one to stay in here, but it is the one that takes the longest to get to and from Steph and Dan's place. In a few days, we will move closer.
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