After another phone call to the co-owner of the RV Park in Texas we accepted their offer to work there this summer and maybe into the fall.
Since we have a few days to get there we're going to stop over in Las Cruces NM and visit with my cousin there.
On our way through southern CO and northern NM we say quite a bit of snow on the mountains, sure looks pretty. We won't be seeing that in Texas.
We stopped at a casino just outside of Albuquerque to try our luck, have dinner and spend the night. We had a good inexpensive meal and a nice place to park for the night but we didn't win much at all. Oh well two out of three isn't bad.
We're now in Las Cruces for a couple of days and then head over to Texas Hill Country.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Durango Here We Are
We finally arrived at Durango and will be getting ready for our workamping duties in a few days. They normally have you wait four or five days after arriving to get use to the climate and altitude.
We've been informed that I will be working on the outside detail and will be mowing grass and picking up trash and painting picnic tables. Jerry will be working in the office taking reservations, checking guests in and keeping the small store clean.
They have a new computer program used to take reservations and assign sites to guests. Everyone will be required to take a training program on it's use.
Not long after we got here Jerry began to have problems with her lungs and feeling faint and dizzy. I took her to the hospital and after a long series of test they found blood clots in both of her lungs. They gave her some medication and also ordered her to be on oxygen 24/7 for about two weeks. She wasn't able to attend the training classes so they gave her a DVD with the program on it so she could learn the program. After about two weeks she was better and wanted to take the training session.
When she went to the office to get the training, the woman that we thought was our friend, Betty would move in front of Jerry so she couldn't see the computer. This action went on for several days and no matter what Jerry tried to do Betty would do everything she could to make sure she couldn't get next to the computer. Betty made it a point to let the manager and assistant manager know that Jerry was not being able to do the job.
On what was to be our first day at work, the manager Bob, said he wanted to talk to us. We went into his office and also present was Kathy the assistant manager. Bob said "things are not going to work out, Jerry doesn't want to learn the job". We tried to tell them that she had been working with the program DVD and had learned how to work the program. He said "No you have to leave by tomorrow morning". I ask if we could pay for the site and stay since Jerry had a couple of doctor appointments later in the week. He said "No I need that site tomorrow, you'll have to leave".
That afternoon I went to Don and Betty and told them what had happened and also told them I wasn't happy with what Betty had done. I thought they were our friends but it seems that they had turned on us and had gotten real close to Kathy the assistant manager. I' m sure that they went to the manager Bob cause he came down to our site banged on the door and told me we had to be out within the hour.
No matter how much we tried to talk to Bob to explain the situation, he would not listen. He is a Viet Nam vet and I believe he has a bad case of PTSD. He can be your best friend one minute and the next he can be your worse night mare. Last year he threw another workamper out who had been told he had cancer. He wanted to stay a couple of days longer to get his 5ver ready. Bob told him "No you have to be out by noon".
We left and went to another RV Park and stayed for a couple of weeks to let Jerry get her doctor appointments. We also took some sight seeing trips with our good friends Lee and Carma. I was chatting with a friend on the Internet and she told me they needed workampers at the RV Park she was at in Texas and told me to send an email to the owner. A few days later I got an email from the park owner in Texas tell us to come on and work for her. YEA!!!.
We're now on our way to the Texas Hill Country to workamp there this summer. Good things can happen.
We've been informed that I will be working on the outside detail and will be mowing grass and picking up trash and painting picnic tables. Jerry will be working in the office taking reservations, checking guests in and keeping the small store clean.
They have a new computer program used to take reservations and assign sites to guests. Everyone will be required to take a training program on it's use.
Not long after we got here Jerry began to have problems with her lungs and feeling faint and dizzy. I took her to the hospital and after a long series of test they found blood clots in both of her lungs. They gave her some medication and also ordered her to be on oxygen 24/7 for about two weeks. She wasn't able to attend the training classes so they gave her a DVD with the program on it so she could learn the program. After about two weeks she was better and wanted to take the training session.
When she went to the office to get the training, the woman that we thought was our friend, Betty would move in front of Jerry so she couldn't see the computer. This action went on for several days and no matter what Jerry tried to do Betty would do everything she could to make sure she couldn't get next to the computer. Betty made it a point to let the manager and assistant manager know that Jerry was not being able to do the job.
On what was to be our first day at work, the manager Bob, said he wanted to talk to us. We went into his office and also present was Kathy the assistant manager. Bob said "things are not going to work out, Jerry doesn't want to learn the job". We tried to tell them that she had been working with the program DVD and had learned how to work the program. He said "No you have to leave by tomorrow morning". I ask if we could pay for the site and stay since Jerry had a couple of doctor appointments later in the week. He said "No I need that site tomorrow, you'll have to leave".
That afternoon I went to Don and Betty and told them what had happened and also told them I wasn't happy with what Betty had done. I thought they were our friends but it seems that they had turned on us and had gotten real close to Kathy the assistant manager. I' m sure that they went to the manager Bob cause he came down to our site banged on the door and told me we had to be out within the hour.
No matter how much we tried to talk to Bob to explain the situation, he would not listen. He is a Viet Nam vet and I believe he has a bad case of PTSD. He can be your best friend one minute and the next he can be your worse night mare. Last year he threw another workamper out who had been told he had cancer. He wanted to stay a couple of days longer to get his 5ver ready. Bob told him "No you have to be out by noon".
We left and went to another RV Park and stayed for a couple of weeks to let Jerry get her doctor appointments. We also took some sight seeing trips with our good friends Lee and Carma. I was chatting with a friend on the Internet and she told me they needed workampers at the RV Park she was at in Texas and told me to send an email to the owner. A few days later I got an email from the park owner in Texas tell us to come on and work for her. YEA!!!.
We're now on our way to the Texas Hill Country to workamp there this summer. Good things can happen.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Colorado Bound Again
We finally got the motor home fixed and are ready to get back on the road to Durango. It'll take about two or three days to get there depending on how many hours we drive a day. I don't like to drive more than about six hours a day if I can help it.
Don and Betty were staying at the FAMCAMP at the Air Force Base in San Angelo so we went there to spend a day or two making sure everything was okay with the motor home before we left. Thanks goodness everything was alright and we'll leave tomorrow for Durango.
We won't be doing anything note worthy for the next couple of days so I won't have a post until we get to Durango.
Don and Betty were staying at the FAMCAMP at the Air Force Base in San Angelo so we went there to spend a day or two making sure everything was okay with the motor home before we left. Thanks goodness everything was alright and we'll leave tomorrow for Durango.
We won't be doing anything note worthy for the next couple of days so I won't have a post until we get to Durango.
Thursday, March 9, 2006
San Angelo For Repairs
We were tired from our trip from Ozona and the ordeal of getting the motor home in the repair shop so we just rested for a day or two.
Today we decided we would see San Angelo and maybe find a good place to have dinner.
Barracks at Old Fort in San Angelo
Saddle Shop
San Angelo Chamber of Commerce Area
Old San Angelo Hotel
Colorful Muriel
Monday, March 6, 2006
A Tow To San Angelo
Our "Red Wrecker"The wrecker driver arrived at 8:00 am and got us all hooked up so we could go to San Angelo for repairs. We rode in the wrecker with him and he drove just like a professional driver.
We got to the repair facility about 1:00 pm and they said they would not be able to begin the repair job till the next morning. Also due to their insurance coverage we could not stay in the coach when they were not open. The Service Manager recommended a good, clean and reasonable motel that was not too far from us.
We came back the next day and were told they were going to have to remove the U joints, drive shaft and transmission and send it to another repair shop in Odessa to be fixed.
As it turned out we were in San Angelo for a little over a week waiting for the repairs to be completed. The bad part of the whole ordeal is that none of this is covered by a warranty, OUCH.
Saturday, March 4, 2006
Colorado Bound
We finally departed Stonewall heading to Durango CO to work there this summer. We're all looking forward to it and are anxious to see the wonderful sights there.
We were heading west on I-10 and were just outside Ozona Texas when I had a BIG problem. The U Joints and part of the drive shaft broke. Thank goodness we were just outside of town. I called Coach-Net, my roadside service and told them what had happened. This would have to happen on a Saturday and there was no one who could fix it.
Coach-Net called back about thirty minutes later and said they had found a place in San Angelo that could fix the problem but they were not open today. I told them there was a small RV park just off the highway but we of course could not drive to it. They dispatched a wrecker who came and towed me to the RV park and said he would be back Monday morning and tow me to San Angelo to the repair place. Coach-Net paid for both tow jobs.
After getting squared away in the RV park we went out for dinner and then decided to see what the town of Ozona had to offer. As it turned out this was a small Texas town and didn't really have much to appeal to us. We went back to get some much needed rest.
We were heading west on I-10 and were just outside Ozona Texas when I had a BIG problem. The U Joints and part of the drive shaft broke. Thank goodness we were just outside of town. I called Coach-Net, my roadside service and told them what had happened. This would have to happen on a Saturday and there was no one who could fix it.
Coach-Net called back about thirty minutes later and said they had found a place in San Angelo that could fix the problem but they were not open today. I told them there was a small RV park just off the highway but we of course could not drive to it. They dispatched a wrecker who came and towed me to the RV park and said he would be back Monday morning and tow me to San Angelo to the repair place. Coach-Net paid for both tow jobs.
After getting squared away in the RV park we went out for dinner and then decided to see what the town of Ozona had to offer. As it turned out this was a small Texas town and didn't really have much to appeal to us. We went back to get some much needed rest.
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