Our Avila Beach Days

We have been here at Avila Beach for a couple of weeks now and we are getting accustom to our new jobs and our new surroundings. We had a big weekend for Thanksgiving. The park puts on a Thanksgiving dinner for all the guests. The park provides the turkeys, six of them and everybody brings a plate to pass. It was a big success. We had over 100 people and a ton of food. We were able to bring home leftovers and ate turkey for the next few days.

Victoria and Judy guarding the dessert

Dave the boss and turkey cook

Lining up for diner

Our jobs are going well; we are doing similar duties to what we did in Jackson Hole. Victoria is working in the office checking in guest and helping the manager Judy. I am doing maintenance and upgrades to the park. We are replacing sewer and water lines in all the cabins and building privacy fences between the cabins. We also have a nice pool and spa and I have learned how to maintain them both.

This live is not all fun and games

On one of our days off we went to a local attraction. A park where monarch butterflies nest for the winter. It was amazing to see thousands of the little critters all hanging together in the trees. After that we visited a few of the local beaches. This area is a series of beach communities called the five cities. Each one has a public beach and there are 3 piers for fishing.

These are all butterflies, not leaves

We walked the beaches and people watched all the folks swimming and walking along the beach. This is a very beautiful area and Victoria loves being so close to the ocean. This time of year is the rainy season so we have had some rain. It has been a year since we have seen any real rain. Last winter in Arizona and the summer in Wyoming were very dry. That is fun part of this lifestyle seeing and experience all the sights and environments of the areas we stay in.

One of the local beaches

Sand dollors are all over the beach, Victoria has started a clollection