RACING WEEK

The racing week went really well. With the electric sites full and a third of the non-electric site with campers it was one of the quietest weeks we had. The racers would start leaving for the track late morning and be gone by just after lunch. They would get back to the campground around 2,3 or 4 o'clock in the morning, but I never heard them. Then it would be so quiet until the racers started to get up, but it was even quiet then. We did change our cleaning schedule a bit. We usually clean the shower house between 5:30 - 6:00 a.m., but when the racers don't even get up until late morning it didn't make since to clean early in the morning. We waited until about 3 or 4 in the afternoon. The racers were gone and the shower house stayed clean until the racers got up the next morning.



Twelve days and we'll be on our way to Pennsylvania. YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WALLABY'S/PIZZA PIT

I didn't tell you about what happened when we were at Wallaby's. We were waiting for our food when I looked out the window and saw a Pizza Pit delivery car pull into the parking lot. Vern joked they were delivering pizza. I said he was just coming to eat. Boy, was I wrong! He got in the back seat and pulled out 3 or 4 large pizzas and came inside and gave them to the bartender. We looked at each other and laughed and joked that maybe we shouldn't eat our food. About that time our waitress came by and said our food would be out in a few minutes. We asked her if someone had ordered pizza. She said the manager had said something about ordering pizza, but she didn't know if he had. We told her Pizza Pit had just delivered pizza. Then we joked with her asking if the food was that bad that the staff wouldn't eat it. She said no it was just that they got tired of eating the food there. Our food was great when it came and we had a really nice time. It does make a good story.

LABOR DAY

We made it through our busiest day of the year -- Labor Day! It is the one day of the season we hold all the campers out front. Those on reserved sites and non-reserved sites. It can be a very crazy day. Andy, the park manager, started his day at 5 a.m. The first camper came in at 5:30 a.m. Vern and I cleaned the shower house and then went out front to help Andy. We drive through the campground and let him know which camp sites open up. This year we only had 5 in line waiting for non-reserve sites. The bad thing was it was a nice day and no one was in a hurry to leave. It was abut 12:30 before we had everyone in. Monday afternoon and all the electric sites were full. Not supposed to be this way. Mondays are supposed to be our quiet day. The one good thing is that the campers are here for the Super National races and are in the campground only to sleep. Tell you more about our week later. After we were done getting the old campers out and the new in, we cleaned the shower house again then headed for the motor home. We had a snack and I took a nap. After my nap we showered and went out for a early supper. We went to Ames to Wallaby's. This was the first time we had been there since we got back to Iowa. There was only one other couple there, so it was so nice and quiet. A great way to end the day.

WEEK # 1 OF 3 VERY VERY BUSY WEEKS

We are just finishing up Week #1 of 3 very very busy weeks. Vern and I always look forward to Sunday afternoons and Monday. On Sunday the campers leave the campground and Monday there may be 2 or 3 campers in the campground. Not this last week! There are 20 non-reservable electric sites (2 for the campground hosts) and 16 of them had campers on them on Monday and there were 4 campers in non-electric. The other electric sites were taken on Tuesday. All because of the Farm Progress Show. The good thing was that the campers were gone during the day and quiet in the evening. We had campers from Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri. There may have been other states that I missed. Don't get me wrong this is great for the Park, but we never had a break from the busy weekend.



As soon as a Farm Progress Show camper left a camper for the Labor Day weekend or Super National races would have it taken. It's like the vultures are circling looking for a site.



Now we're in the Labor Day weekend. So far so good. The electric sites are full and most of the non-electric sites are taken. There are a few travel trailers and pop-ups on non-electric sites. They will be watching for electric sites to open up, so they can move.



There is one classic camper on a non-electric site. It is one of a kind. The guy strung a rope between two trees and threw a big canvas over it to form a sort of Tee-Pee. Then he set a recliner under the canvas. That's all he has. It might have been a little chilly for him last night, because it got down to 48*. A true camper!



Monday is the busiest day of the year at the campground. More on that later.



Week one down, 2 to go.