Ok, so let's grab a water, coffee, tea or cocktail and catch up! At the beginning of the month we were just getting into Vegas. That was a great time. The Rodan + Fields convention was UNBELIEVABLE! Seriously! The Garden Arena that MGM uses for concerts was PACKED! 15,000 consultants in attendance and thousands more virtually! This business is rocking! One of the very best parts? Between the consultants and the Doctors' matching funds we raised $1.2 million for The Build On Foundation to help America's students in need learn how to help themselves and their communities. These kids were fantastic!
They also revealed their new last product which I am super excited about so that was fun! I had a super room mate so couldn't have asked for a better gal to pal around with the whole time!
Jay and the dogs stayed at the Sam's Town KOA. It was a nice campground and he won back all that I lost on the strip at their little casino so we broke even. :) He was happy to see me come back after being gone for 5 days. He said it just wasn't the same without me! How sweet is that? I got back to the site about midnight on Saturday or Sunday morning depending on how you look at it. We were scheduled to leave that morning. We both woke up thinking that wasn't a very good plan. I made some coffee and walked up to the office to see if I could book another night...nope, they were full up. Ok, guess that means we were meant to move on. We decided just to pack up and head toward La Paz and see how we were feeling. We weren't expected until Wednesday so we could stop if we felt like it. Well, we ended up just driving right into Quartzsite! As we were coming into town we saw the sign for Split Rail ( a sister park to La Paz) so we stopped to see if Mel and Anne (the managers there) had room for us.
We hadn't called to tell them we were coming so we weren't sure if we were going to be a burden but they were just the sweetest people ever! They put us up in a site and we were able to start training with them on the computer and what our responsibilities were going to be. I even got to do some much needed laundry! They were super generous hosts and introduced us to our neighbor park managers (also owned by the same people) over at Burrwood, Cindy and Dick. It's nice to put faces to names so we were glad to meet them and pick their brains as well. But on to the main event! I know you want to hear about home base!
The town itself is small, but neat. You can definitely tell you have landed in RV country! To get to La Paz you come through town and head south on 95. Drive about 5.5 miles south and you'll see a green sign that reads La Paz Valley and you take that right hand turn. Go all the way down that road until you see a sign that reads Pavement Ending and turn left! We are just up the road on the left from there! Our park (can you believe it's ours? :) ) is older and on the smaller side but has a ton of potential! We've got many 30 Amp and a couple of 50 Amp sites left for the season. (That is the type of electrical hook-up you use in the RV for those of you that don't know.) Our seasonal rate is $1145. That's for a year! Such a great rate! You can pay that a month in some places in Florida! We also have nightly, weekly and monthly rates that are great. We are a Passport America park and honor that up to 7 nights in a year (except in January).
We've been here 3 days now. We have the laundry all cleaned and open for business. The dumpster has arrived, and we are getting ready for the season to open on Monday. There is a lot for us to learn but the handful of people that are already here have been super nice and welcoming! They have really appreciated that we came in ready to work and didn't just hang out until the 15th to get started. Last night we had RV YouTube celebrities Rv Adventure TV ~ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLpCuPlxmWJOQOBiCabKTqg ~
come in for a couple of nights, but have decided to stay a week! Hopefully they give us a thumbs up on their channel!
It's currently 4:44 pm and it's 91 degrees but I have the windows open and there's a nice breeze coming through. Jay still thinks it's hot! ;) He's lost 8 lbs since we've been here and I've lost 4 lbs. He's got the golf cart working now so he may slow down without having to do quite as much trotting to sites! We do more work in the morning and late afternoon to evening. Noon time is office work time because it's been warm out even for me. ;) They tell us it will dip down some next week and keep getting cooler from here. We'll see. Personally I think this time of day and through the night is perfect already! We can sit outside, have a cocktail, watch the sun set and the moon come up. I tried to get you guys a shot of the full moon last night but it was so bright it didn't come out very well! We couldn't see the International Space Station go by last night, the angle was too low, but it's supposed to be higher tomorrow night and we're hoping to get a view! The sky here is amazing!
We'll be working our tails off this week, I'm sure, getting the rec hall ready to go. It's got this great kitchen to play in. Hopefully we can put together some breakfasts for people and maybe a shin-dig or two. Won't be ready to have a Halloween Party like we're used to this year, but who knows what next year will bring!
Just wanted to give you an update. I'll try to keep you posted as we go! Come see us if you can! We see rental RVs around a lot so we know they do have them if you don't own one. Come see what it's all about. ;)
And thanks for following along!
~Mikki
