February 25, 2022 - Pulled Pork Dinner-Dance and new RV Resort

Yesterday was the annual Pulled Pork Dinner-Dance. Sue and Bill were in charge of the event and worked tirelessly for a couple of days to feed 175 people. Kelly and I helped by pulling the pork in the morning, taking tickets at the door, and helping with the cleanup.  Here is a picture of Sue as she worked non-stop to make the event a success.

Here is a picture of the group after finishing the meal and waiting for evening music to begin.

This is a picture of the "One Man Band" who provided the music. He worked hard to provide music that everyone liked.

Everyone really did enjoy the music. This was a dancing crowd and lots of people got up to dance throughout the evening. It was a great time with beautiful weather.

Wednesday, however, was a totally different experience. I got up early to do the laundry as I always do on Wednesday. There were three of us at the laundry hunting around for working washing machines. As I sat there I posted on the Roberts RV Facebook page - "Eleven regular washers, one large washer, and two dryers are 'Out of Order' - pitiful". Prior to my leaving the laundry a washer repairman arrived and I then posted "The washer repairman has arrived - yippee". 

Well, my first post ticked off the park owner. He arrived at our site about an hour later and said I shouldn't post anything negative on the resort Facebook page. Interestingly, he didn't object to me reporting all the machines that were out of order but that I commented that that was "pitiful". He further stated that he knew I was upset about our lot change when we arrived and because of this "We are banned from coming back to this park." He said he could immediately evict me.  I told him he could not because the rent was paid and I had not broken any rules. He is the type of guy you don't argue with so other than that comment I just said "okay". (We had already spent a couple of days since arriving looking at other parks due to this park going downhill rapidly and management being squirrelly.) The only reason heretofore causing us to waffle about moving to another park is our many, many good friends here.

We then decided to spend the day driving to a very nice RV resort we were aware of in the center of the state. After driving throughout the park, and being extremely impressed with the cleanliness, neatness, and size of the sites, we went to the office to inquire about openings. We were surprised that at this early date there were only five sites open for next winter. We went to lunch, talked about it, and then went to an ATM to get the cash required for a deposit. When we arrived back at the office we were able to pick the lot we wanted from those available. It was such a wonderful, hassle-free experience compared to any contact with the office here in Roberts RV Park. We made the deposit and were given a receipt with a notice of our balance due upon arrival next winter. We have a specific site assigned to us and we were given a paper with the address for that site on it so that we can change our mail before we come down next winter. Here is the front of their flyer.

We only know one couple in this park -Wayne and Judy Smith - who are in our Ilinois RV club. Wayne has stayed at this resort for years and has loved it. After he married Judy, who I believe he met at this park a couple of years ago, he sold his 5th wheel and they bought a mobile home in the park. They are very happy campers. While we will SORELY, SORELY miss our many Roberts friends, we hope to be happy at this new resort. Unfortunately, being in the middle of the state there are no beaches, no major shopping areas, and no cultural events nearby. We will adapt. If we do not like Adelaide Shores RV Resort for any reason next year, we will just seek out another park. That is the advantage of a home on wheels.