Sunday May 22nd 2016

When I went to bed last night I had every intention of heading to New Hampshire today for more prep work on the house. This morning I had no ambition. I spent the day at the campground.

I managed to catch up on the laundry. One of the reasons I didn’t stay longer at the canal was the lack of an on-site laundry facility. I was starting to run out of clean cloths. The fact that it has taken this long may indicate that I have to many with me, but that’s not really a bad thing.

The laundry facility here has 6 washers (2 broken) and 6 dryers. It cost $2 for each. This is right in the middle of the price spectrum I’ve experienced so far. The worst was $3 per load of laundry in a very small tub size machine. It was about half the size of the machines I used today. The only problem I came across today was that not everything was dry at the end of the 45 minute cycle. I currently have a few things hanging in the RV.

The campground emptied out by noon.

The campground has emptied out after the weekend crowd. Many rigs have been closed up but left on the site. I think the campground may have had a spring special that allows campers to leave the rig between weekend visits for free or a small fee. Similar special are common at other campgrounds.

It’s interesting to watch the campers pick up to leave. One of the chores is to deposit the trash in one of 4 or 5 dumpsters scattered around the park.  I would use the opportunity to get some exercise by walking to the dumpster, but I must be in the minority. The dumpster across the street from me had more cars stopping so that people could put the trash bag, usually carried on the hood or roof of the car, into the dumpster than walk-up users. A particularly extreme example was my next door neighbor. They backed the car over to the dumpster 50 feet away before leaving.

Tonight will be a quiet night. All the party animals and their kids are gone. Those that remain are inside watching television.