This morning we hooked up the C-RV, jumped of the I-15 and headed south to Las Vegas and the Desert Eagle RV Park on Nellis Air Force Base. It was a fairly easy day except for the road constriction in the area where the highway was washed out. We were in one-lane traffic at 45 MPH for about 15 miles. They say it’s going to take until September 2016 to complete all the work and looking at all the damage, I can believe it.
We had a very nice stay at Nellis. We made the usual Exchange and Commissary run and then hit the Class IV store.
As most of y’all know, I’m a huge fan of Big Dog t-shirts. Some years ago, the company closed all of their stores throughout the US so I thought I would never be able to find them again. Then about three years ago the corporation started opening them again, which I discovered in Orlando, FL. Well, the shirts that I bought there were getting very worn around the necks with some stains on the front so Joyce said they had to go or she wasn’t going out in public with me anymore.
One of the places the company has opened a store is in Las Vegas so on Sunday I got me some new shirts. All is now right with the world!
On Monday we mad the drive 272 miles south to the Sunflower RV Resort where we will be spending the winter. Sunflower, one of the eleven Cal-Am Resorts in Arizona, has over 1100 RV sites, most of them filled with park models. If you don’t know what park model RV’s are, here is the sales page for Sunflower: http://www.cal-am.com/resorts/resorts_home.php. If you check out the web site you’ll see that there are a lot of amenities in the park and activities every day. If you get bored here, it’s your fault.
Joyce and I have been assigned to the Food Service Department which consists of the Tiki Bar and the Bistro. We’ll also be doing some food preparation as well. Our commitment is to put in twelve hours a week each to pay for our space rent of $825 a month plus electrically, water, sewer and taxes.
Yesterday we met with Jeff Cantor who is in charge of food service. He gave us the run-down on our jobs and then we prepared pulled pork for the Tiki Bar, which was the special last night. That might sound like a lot of work but in reality it was easy. Jeff ordered the pork in already smoked and partially cooked so all Joyce and I did was cut the packages open, put it all in pans, broke the large chunks up, heated it and then mixed in some barbecue sauce. Ninety-nine percent of the food that is served here is ordered in already cooked so the preparation is fast and easy.
As it stands today, our days off are Saturday and Sunday but that is going to change later in the season. We will probably have another day off during the week as well.
Home for the next five months.
One of the places we will be working.
The entertainment lineup at Cal-Am Resorts for this winter.
I want one of them!
October 30, 2014
You know those Hawaiian style shirts you bought al long time ago that you just had to have and are now hanging in the back of your closet? Well, we need them!
Our “uniform” here at Sunflower is black shorts and bright, flowery button-down shirts. So, yesterday we spent six hours running all over town trying to find some, finally finding a few at one of the several Goodwill Stores. Of all places, we found some really nice ones at The Luke AFB Exchange as well. What a pain in the backside!
While we were out at Luke, we stopped by Tickets & Tours to see if they had any discount tickets for attractions in the local area. They didn’t have anything going on right now but the lady behind the desk told us about discounted tickets that we could get online to see the Arizona State Sun Devils play the Washington State Cougars in November 22nd. That should be fun!
November 1, 2014
We have been at Sunflower for a week now and have pretty much got in the routine of things around here. On Tuesday we made pulled-pork for the Tiki Bar special and then on Wednesday we did taco’s. Then yesterday we fried chicken wings….a lot of chicken wings! Over 1300 chicken wings. Did I say a lot of chicken wings? Yup, that is a lot of wings!
A tad blurry but you get the idea.
November 2, 2014
Today we went over to the Sun City Elks Lodge with Rich and Joanne Martin for their Sunday brunch. This Lodge is very active with something going on just about every day including bingo, dinners three nights a week, trips and much more.
We met Rich and Joanne at the Tillamook, OR Elks Lodge campground back in September. Rich is working in the Security Department escorting RV’er to their sites and Joanne is working in the Sales Office.
More next time.
Barry & Joyce
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