Making Progress but Work Still to be Done

We got off to a good start with our moving plan here at Leisure Lake Campgrounds. Tuesday was the first day we could put anything on the new lot. We started with (wonder of wonders) the woodpiles. Remember, we are seasoned veterans of moving woodpiles!!

Next we took the deck pieces and extra cement blocks that were under them. Any extra wood, trash can, etc. that would fit in the truck went with each trip. By 3:00 pm we had mostly everything we could take without having the camper at the site. We heard the dump truck and knew that the gravel needed for under our shed was on its way to the new campsite. We followed in the golf cart. Now that the gravel truck had gotten into the site, there was nothing holding us back from bringing the camper. We got everything unhooked, stowed away and pulled it to the site. Two trustees okayed the spot we chose and we set her up.

By this time we were feeling pretty good about ourselves. We had gotten everything except the shed to our new site in one day. That doesn't mean that we didn't have work left to do. By evening we had stacked the woodpile in its temporary place until after the shed is here. We needed to keep it out of the way so the truck and trailer could get into the area where we originally planned to place it. Yep, I said, "originally." Once we got here and got acclimated more, Ken decided the shed should go in the back right corner instead of the left corner. So here we are with all this gravel, 8.1 tons, that we could have done without anyway! GEEZ.  The right corner of the lot already has plenty of gravel on which to place the shed.

One of our friends brought our picnic table on his truck because it was too hard to get in Ken's truck with a cap. By this time, we were tired and hungry as were a few other people who had worked all day. I went for pizza and wings and we had those hungry people over for dinner at our picnic table.

While eating, one of them asked who stacked all the wood. We both proudly said we did it. He told us it was leaning and was going to fall. OF COURSE!!! Isn't that what woodpiles are supposed to do? By 9:15 we were in bed when we heard it. The tumbling woodpile. It sounded something like water rushing over a waterfall....NOT. We knew we had more work ahead of us for Wednesday.




Woodpiles and gravel in our future

 We spent most of Wednesday shoveling and spreading gravel on the left side of the lot where we discovered it gets really wet after a rain. Good thing we got the gravel after all. We got three deck pieces in place, brought the extra refrigerator from the shed still on our old lot, and got it situated temporarily next to the camper. Every redneck needs a fridge on the porch right?

Redneck Ken on his porch

Just before going in for the night, I restacked the woodpile so hopefully today we will be able to place more deck pieces. We still have more gravel to shovel and more work ahead but things are looking good!


More stuff to put away and set up.