A Day of Labor

We've been known to make short moves on Labor Day. Really short moves. Last year, we wandered across Highway 101 in Fort Bragg, CA to enjoy the holiday at Pomo Campground. Today we found ourselves lusting for that beautiful place as we made a shorter, but far more laborious move from our "overnight" site where we've spent the last six nights to our "monthly" site where we'll spend the rest of the month.

The preparations for the 200-yard trip were not much different than getting ready for a 200-mile drive. We cleared and packed what we needed, then pulled in our "big ass" slide. With that slide in, we decided to wash that side of the moose before we moved. About an hour later, we pulled in the other slide and up came the jacks. With both cats secured in their crates, we pulled out of the pull-through and arrived at our back-in site less than a minute later.

What looked like an easy job became an ordeal. We backed the moose into the site with ease, of course. But, finding a place to get anywhere close to level in this unkempt spot kept us busy for two hours.

Two hours!

It's never taken us anywhere near two hours to setup the moose before. Yes, it was ridiculous. And, by the looks of other sites in this joint, there are places where it might have taken us even longer. We weren't crazy about this place when we arrived. Now, the only thing it has going for it is location and smokin' hot wifi.

We have little patience for places that get by with less than stellar service, just because they can. This is one of those places. With a central location, this park is the only game in town. And, even with painfully uneven and messy sites, it still fills up every night. (Just wait until I write my review on rvparkreviews.com!) Ugh. If ever we wanted to own our own campground, this is a town that could use a good one. But, that would be work. And, we're just not ready to do that. Not just yet, anyway.

After all, on this Labor Day, we're not just celebrating our first two months of fulltiming. We're also raising a toast to the fact that we don't have to go to work tomorrow.

A happy holiday to all, and best wishes for safe travels to all of our friends who are on the move. And, oh yeah. Our condolences to friends who have to work tomorrow.