Saturday, November 10, 2007

Pics of Beth Page and Grey's Point resort




Saturday, November 3, 2007

Back in PA....

On our trip north we went to Urbanna, VA for a couple days so I could meet with the owner of Beth Page and Grey's Point about a management job. He and I talked for several hours on Sunday and then I met with his General Manager and other management staff on Monday. Tuesday, he offered me the position and I've accepted. I will be working with him on new concepts and ideas he has for food venues and will work to increase their conference and rally business. I start the Monday after Thanksgiving so will work at my former job from November 5 till the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and then we'll pack up and head to VA to get settled in there. I am really excited to work with him on his businesses. He has some great ideas and has alot of undeveloped land that he can expand the resort to with all sorts of new projects. He is excited to brainstorm with me on ideas and has alot of RV shows coming up, on the east coast, where we will have a booth and can talk to companies about coming to Beth Page. The resort if huge with 500 seasonal sites and 500 transient sites that CAN convert to 1000 transient sites if the need arises. This weekend is the big oyster festival in Urbanna (5oth anniversary for it)and they were expecting over 700 campers at Beth Page for it. Wow !
After we left Urbanna, we went to Chambersburg to see Linda's family and spend some with them. We boondocked on some land that Carol's boss owns and it worked out great for us. Stayed there from Tuesday night to Thursday morning.
We arrived in Montgomery Thursday afternoon and got set up. They have made some changes to the campground in the two months we've been gone. The area where we were parked last time has been redone to include more 50 amp sites but the sites are now closer together. Pretty tight squeeze when there are multiple slideouts on a rig. There is a motor home on one side of us and a fifth wheel on the other....pretty cozy.
I'm not liking these chilly temps back here in PA....I miss my days of swimming and 80 degree days in Texas but....I must say that the fall foliage is spectacular and nothing compares to it. Seems the colors are a little muted this year...perhaps the dry summer didn't produce the vivid colors like we've had in years past. We are sitting in the college library as I write this posting for our blog and Linda is sitting in front of a big wall of windows and there is a gorgeous backdrop of mountains out the windows.They are a brilliant blaze of orange and golden tones. Looks like we made it back to see them while they are at their peak and not yet knocked down by wind or rain.Today it is supposed to get into the 50's but the nights will be pretty chilly in the low 30's. We are making good use of our electric mattress cover !
Boomer and Schroeder were very happy to see the ball field where we used to take them almost daily to run. I took them over as soon as we got settled and they ran and ran around inside the fence and had a grand ole time. Now that we will be off the road for a couple weeks, we'll have to get them calmed down so they aren't standing at the door every morning, waiting to get their seat belts on for "riding". While we were at Beth Page, they gave me a golf cart to use to get around the park in so we took Boomer and Schroeder for a ride in it. They loved it ! Schroeder sat on the two seats facing the rear and Boomer sat on the floor between Linda and I in the front seat. We secured them to the cart just in case a rogue squirrel might jump out in front of us but they both did really well. We might have hit on a new pastime for them once we get to our new place...