July Catch Up

It's been awhile since I last posted, I know, over a month ago.   Sometimes we have a slow internet connection which makes it hard to post.  And, sometimes, it's the poster.   So, I thought I'd catch up for the month of July before moving on to August and Iowa and the State Fair.

Like most of the central states it was hot and no rain.  We were busy in the campground.  It was just too hot do do much of anything so I guess you can say we just enjoyed the days staying in the camper most of the time.  I didn't get caught up on the pictures but we did play a few games and watched other campers from our window.

The dinner we had with the owners, Scott & Diane, went very well.  She fixed pasta with 2 types of sauce and some great garlic breadsticks.  We took a tour of their house and it was very nice.  We enjoy their company.  They have some great stories to tell.  They both grew up in California near LA and moved to Springfield when they bought the campground 9 years ago.  They have one son who is now a lawyer in the Chicago area.  He just passed the bar in Illinois and he has already passed the bar in Missouri.

In my last post, I talked a little about the couple, Howard & Jinnie, well Scott finally had enough and asked them to leave on Monday, July 30th.  Here's a picture of them.  Scott's in the background.



They were only working about 15 hours a week and Scott & Diane had to be there during their shift.  Let's just say they couldn't work by themselves.  Howard would do a lot of standing around staring at people or driving the golf cart around the campground looking at what needed to be done.  They were really nice people.  I think they would have been asked to leave a lot earlier if their car hadn't broke down and they were without transportation.

We made one more trip to Lambert's before heading out of town.  We had to wait about 1/2 hour on Wednesday afternoon around 2pm but it was definitely worth it.  Sharon had their special, New York Strip Steak and I had the rib-eye.  Yum Yum.

Yes, we are back in Iowa now and looking forward to the fair.  On Sunday night, Scott called us.  Kathy & Keith packed up and left the campground.  As they were closing on Sunday night at 8:30, Kathy came up and gave them the keys and shirts.  No clue this was coming.  Diane asked her why and Kathy's words:  "You know why".  Actually Diane didn't so she asked Kathy to explain.  Kathy said she needed more hours.  She wanted to work more.  Keith has cancer and hasn't been able to work as much but he has been working between 24 & 30 hours a week.  Kathy was working at least 35 hours a week.  Scott must have talked to us for at least 1/2 hour about this.  We're still in shock that these 2 people left.  They worked hard. 

Sharon & I are still planning on going back there on Sept 14.  Reconfirmed with Scott that we weren't needed before hand.  Another couple was there to take our place while we were gone and they hired another college kid and another maintenance man.  Thought they would be fine until we returned.  At least it wasn't on July 4th.

Next post will be about the trip north and arriving in Iowa.  More later.