Now that we are home I am back on track in posting..

 We volunteered to do Customer Service we got a golf cart, the world is in trouble now. I was thinking of putting a “CAUTION MATT DRIVER AT THE WHEEL” sign on the back. After I went to the morning parking meeting, Carol and I zoomed over to the Customer Service table located on the other side of the ESCAPADES world. 

There was only one outpost farther away, they were the flag waving direction greeters at the entrance. One of their missions was to get even with us (we had a pop-up for shade) by sending the rigs that needed additional assistance in registration. Today was a fairly slow day, arrivals were primarily staff and boot camp RVs. It was tough working/sitting for four hours, all in preparation for the next two days, which will be busy days.

We made it through the grueling customer service morning, now I can go finish the table center pieces.

  Carol continued to get the props ready for the photo booth, which will be in the Hospitality building

 With center pieces and props completed it is time to stuff welcome bags, oh, and eat pizza. Stuffing welcome bags was like playing “Ring Around the Rosy”, fortunately nobody fell down. There were three tables set up in a “U” shape. 30+ people stood in the inner area filling the plastic bags of the people racing around the outside of the tables. I’m not sure which was harder, stuffing the bags (sore backs from being bet over), or getting dizzy from racing around the tables. Forgot to mention it was a slow race around the table, that’s because there were 60+ people with the bags. Did I mention we ate pizza afterwards? There were six choices ranging from cheese to Canadian bacon and pineapple. Time to go and relax/prep for tomorrow.

 The race begins, 185 RVs rigs are expected to arrive today. The morning started with a rainbow out our rig door, first sign of an interesting day. 190+ rigs arrived today despite medium to heavy constant rain most of the morning, we’re not talking that piddly California drizzle. We had front row seats to some of the craziest stuff which made it worth working Customer Service; one large motorhome drives of the road into mud, one RV buries themselves to the axles, and one didn’t listen to directions and gets stuck in mud; only thing missing was the popcorn and beer.

Whew, parking is done for today, now time for meeting, happy hour, and staff dinner. 

The dinner was catered by a local restaurant, they served pork roast with a fantastic pineapple bourbon sauce. There was also a green salad, potatoes, dry chicken, and a roll. A free meal is still good in any form, and a drawing for prizes. Today was a great day.