Learning new things.

Well, we are slowly getting settled in at Sugar Barge RV Resort and Marina.  We've had a couple of days of training.  Paul is doing outside work: lawn maintenance, filling propane tanks, moving boats and trailers with a tractor, using the garbage compactor and whatever else comes up.  I'm doing RV site and boat rental  reservations, answering phones,  greeting customers, sales in the store and paperwork! So far so good!  Our work schedule will be working Sunday and Monday for eight hours and the rest of the week off to explore the area, visit with family and enjoy the camaraderie of the other campers.

Sugar Barge Resort offers RV camping, horseshoe pits, a playground, a small convenience store,  a swimming pool in the summer months, RV Trailer rentals, boat rentals, jet ski rentals, tent camping, fishing, a restaurant during the summer months and a beautiful banquet hall that overlooks the delta.

Sugar Barge Post Card

We've stocked the refrigerator and freezer with food for the next two weeks, got a P.O. Box as there is no mail delivery here on the Island and did a small trip to the nearest town to see what is there.  A grocery store, a few gas stations, a couple of restaurants, cinema and places to shop.  Who knows, maybe we'll take in a few movies while we're here!

I know that there is a resident ostrich and buffalo up the road, but haven't been able to get pictures as it has been raining for the last two days.  Also been told there are a couple of burros who will come eat carrots from your hand.  I need to put carrots on the next shopping list! There are also chickens, goats, and feral cats. We  hear coyote, an occasional owl hooting in the evening, turkeys, and Paul has seen pheasants, egrets and ducks. It's duck hunting season so, we are woken by the muffled sounds of gunfire from the blinds out on the lake.

This morning's overcast and foggy view of the lake. 

All in all this looks like it will be a good place for us to settle for the next six months.