Just by chance we were asked if we were interested in hosting at Lake Mendota Park in Madison. We decided to give it a shot and we started hosting on July 14th, 2017. Our last day of hosting is August 9th, 2017. Today’s date is the 28th of July, so we have been hosting for 2 weeks. I thought I would give it a couple of weeks before I posted anything about hosting.
The first day of hosting was a Friday. My husband George had plans to out that evening, so I was left to take over. The evening amounted to selling firewood and answering a couple of questions. Didn’t particularly like that I had to answer the door of my RV in the evening so much. I like my evenings to myself. So when my husband was home the next night, It worked perfectly.He hangs out in the living room in the evening, so he could answer the door all night while I could hang out in the bedroom. He is a night owl and I am not.
We basically wear name tags that read, volunteer camp host. We get our camp site for free for hosting which saves us $27.00 a day with a 50 amp hook-up. Every morning after ten o’clock we take our clip board and pen and walk around recording available camp sites and pick up garbage. Then we call in, with a phone lent to us, the number of available spaces at our campground. In the evening we walk around looking for litter and we also walk Gizzy too. We have a bag that we put the money in for the firewood we sell for the park. The firewood is located at our campsite. There is a little sign on the post at our campsite, where we show open or closed. When you are closed you also set the paper clock to the time you will return. The rangers want you to be around during the weekends to help out especially. All in all so far it has worked for us. We do love it when Monday morning comes around and the park becomes quiet. That is when we get our blow-up kayak out and paddle around Lake Mendota. So cool!