When we arrived at our current campground we were a bit upset to discover we would be placed at a site with no sewer connections. I realize this doesn't mean anything to non-rvers, but to those of us with fifth-wheels and travel trailers a two-week stay means that at some point we're going to have to stow away all breakables, take down the pictures, pull in the slides, unhook all cables and hoses, hitch up the truck and drive to the dump site here on the grounds to empty our holding tanks and then return to the site to reverse all we've just done. It's an inconvenience and many campgrounds have a honey wagon to empty your tanks for you when the campground has a large number of water/electric only sites. This one doesn't.
After getting all set up, we took a walk around the campground and discovered they had a nine-hole golf course on the grounds, that it is surrounded on all four sides by mountains and bordered by the Cowlitz River and has a great indoor pool with set "adults only" times which allows me to do my water aerobics in peace. Okay, it's getting better.
Then over the weekend I was IMing (instant messaging/online chatting) with a couple of friends who were going through family and medical problems and I realized how fortunate Denny and I are at this point of our lives. Our sons have stable jobs and marriages, our parents are in decent health and are still independent and we are healthy and still able to manage this lifestyle on one pension in spite of increasing across-the-board expenses. So it's time to remember that we shouldn't sweat the little stuff and appreciate what we have.
The sun is shining here in Washington-life is good.
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