Busy days

I started this post a few days ago but, the computer gremlins froze up our computer. I thought I had fried it! I decided to have"el jefe"(the boss) look at it. To my amazement, she got it up and running like a champ. Thanks Jen.
We did a little remodel work in our RV bathroom. The wallpaper band on the wall started peeling off, so we removed it and installed a 9" band of textured brass. It's not metal it is actually a thermo plastic. We got it at Home Depot. We also took out the old facet and put in a new brass model to go with the new brass band.
It came out looking very professional. we are looking at pulling out the carpet in the living room of the RV and installing some kind of tile. The carpet is too far gone to try to save.
Me and my "camphost" buddy Ken were at it again this week installing a new redwood deck at one of the ranger residence's at another park in the district. We spent a couple of days on it and the head maintenance guy Bill also helped us.
With the beautiful weather and the onset of spring in a couple of weeks, the rangers boosted our schedule from 4 hrs a day to 8 hrs. Jeni and I are working 4 hr shifts each. Working in the kiosk is not my favorite thing to do but I'm kinda getting the hang of it.There is a lot more activity in the park so we have to be on our toes more. Yesterday 3 groups of scouts came in right at 5pm and I got a little behind . I had to call in the Calvary(Jeni). She bailed me out in no time. I'm still a little slow and not sure of myself in the kiosk yet, but I'm gettin there.
My grandson DJ loves coming out to the park.He calls me up and Say's" Grandpa,you got the gator today."The gator is the piece of equipment I drive when I'm on duty.Sometimes when he is here I am not on duty so I don't have the gator so he settles for a ride in our golf cart, but his first choice is the gator. I sure enjoy that lil guy as he has became Grandpa's" sidekick".
Our RV is starting to show its age now. It is going on 8 years old and the little maintenance items are starting to mount.a leak in the Ice maker line, a damaged "fantastic" fan cover, a ripped slide out cover, a broken spring in our awning, stained carpet. The list is endless. I finally faced the fact that I need a professional for a lot of my list . I contacted a local guy who comes highly recommended I will let you know how we do with him.
We went to our storage place last week to try to downsize our stuff before we
move it all down to our new place at Park Sierra the last of April. Our storage shed
at the park is 10'x12' so that will be plenty of room.... until Jeni finds out she has extra room
then let the shopping begin! 9 of the 12 totes we have full is filled with various holiday decorations.Which takes up over half of our storage room......whats wrong with this picture?

Pouring concrete and a birthday.

Yes, thats me. Doing concrete work again. The campground needed a curb around the"dump station",so one of the other camphosts,Ken and myself tackled the job.
The wives have been taking care of the kiosk,so us men have to find things to do around the park just to keep out from under foot of the wives!
The weather has been a little better as the rain has subsided a bit and the temps have warmed up a bit. The head maintenance guy for the park, Bill Todd, rounded up all the materials we needed for the job. In about 5 hours we setup,poured and finished the curb. the park has some other little projects they need done and Mr. Todd is going to let Ken and I handle some of them. Ken, the other camphost, has already built a cover over the "camp registration" pedestal and built dividers in the firewood shed. He is a retired carpenter by trade,and a darn good one.Ken and I camphosted here back in the summer of 2005,2006,and 2007 briefly as Jeni and I would come in to work the summer season and Ken and his lovely wife Barb,would head out to Washington after working the winter season here.We all have become fast friends.
Jeni really enjoys working in the Kiosk,selling passes, giving out information about the park, and enjoying the stories the customers come up with to avoid paying the entrance fee! Californians are a"cheap" bunch.
She is the face of customer service for the park.She has that winning smile and can do attitude that they all love.
This last weekend, with the nice weather,and warmer temps,the park was very busy. Jeni handled the kiosk by herself with no help from..... yours truly, and she did a great job. Believe me, when I'm in there helping her,I'm a "bull in a china shop".She just nicely hustles me out of the kiosk,telling me to go"outside and play with my friends".Like a "good boy",I do what I am told.
I snapped a picture of me and the boys after we had finished the curb.Left to right is Bil Todd,Ken Carter, and myself. What a "motley crew!"
Jeni and I have been having our grandson,DJ over to spend the night about once a week as he loves it out here. We give him rides on the" park Gator", and golf cart (when I don't have the Gator).He also loves to take his little fishing pole down to the water and fish. He also likes to walk the lake bottom where its dry.Climbing around on the big granite boulders.
Tuesday was our granddaughter Alyx's birthday. We all met at the local bowling alley,for some bowling and fun. Alyx and her mom and dad love to bowl.Jeni and I haven't bowled(except wii bowling) sine we left Az. back in 1989. It was an ugly sight to see as we slipped and stumbled. we pulled muscles, wrenched our backs,and threw more "gutter balls",
than DJ. The pic is of one of his "gutter balls". But I think he had a better score than we did!
Alyx and her friend Jessica were bowling"incognito" to avoid the embarrassment her grandparents bowling was causing them.
After bowling,we all headed to the "Mongollian Barbecue" for dinner. It was kinda" Chinese buffet" style, but it was good.
Jeni and I were talking the other day about the best thing we love about "camphosting". Aside from the beautiful places we have been and the wildlife we see,we think it is the wonderful people we have met.The park rangers,and park Ade's at the different parks we have volunteered at.Every one of them have treated us well and we have enjoyed them all. The people we have camphosted with that we have bonded with and forged friendships with.
A lot of them we still keep in touch with. I think that camaraderie, and friendship keeps us young at heart and active. We can't wait for our next volunteering job in Oregon this summer.
Thanks to all of you, Jeni and I are better people because of you.