Been a while...

I rode my e-bike around the park today... it has been a week since I've been able to do that.  It's that physics thing: a body in motion tends to stay in motion; a body at rest tends to stay at rest.  It felt good to get some exercise today.  This park is smaller than the resort where we live... covering every street here, it is barely 4 miles; at home, I can get in 7 without much overlap.

50º here this morning at 8:30; a couple layers, a stocking cap, and gloves were necessary.  At home, it is most often short, t-shirt, and a bike helmet.  By 10:00, it is supposed to be 55º.

Another big difference thanks to the desert: not a lot of greenery here.  At home, I see swaying palm trees, grass, and flowers; here, it is mostly gravel.  There is a 4 hole golf course in this park, but not a lot of grass on that.

Another thing I noticed this morning: this place is nearly full.  That is a big difference from the last few years.  The previous management acted like people staying here were a bother; the new management seems friendly.  There has to be more to it than that, though... in years past, the occupancy here seemed to be 40% (my guess), less than that in their transient sites (long and narrow) in back.  This morning, I would guess occupancy above 90% - a significant difference in such a short time.  There are more modular homes now, as well.  The sites in the front of this park are significantly wider than most RV parks; my guess is that whoever designed the park was expecting it to be more modular homes.  You don't own the lot here, so if you put a modular on a site, you are paying lot rent, as well.  Obviously, there are more people now who think that is a good way to go.

I have groused about the management here.  The place was sold a couple years ago, but they left most of the cranky office staff in place.  That has now changed, and the difference is noticeable.  We have stayed at other RV resorts from time to time, just because of the attitude of the management here... we were willing to pay more and have to drive further to get with Steph and Dan because of that.  This is the closest and most convenient to Steph and Dan's place.

We also see that they have an expansion plan starting, where they are going to add another 90 sites here.  That was started a decade ago, but dropped because they didn't have enough people wanting to stay here; good management and a friend attitude make a difference.