Working on the RV road leads to friends
One of the benefits of working on the RV road and of belonging to RV forums on Workamping© is making new friends. We worked near Ron and Val in 1994 and again in 1998 and have been friends ever we first met. Last summer I stopped to see them near Estacada, OR where they were working.
Yesterday George and I met Beverly and Jim who are working at the Expo Square event center in Tulsa, OK. Jim is managing the RV park, which is used primarily for exhibitors. Beverly helps during events when they get busy and in hiring other workers. We didn't have time to go see their park at Expo Square but had a nice get-acquainted visit at a nearby Borders bookstore. I'd met them on the Workamping forum but never in person. I hadn't picked up on Beverly's southern drawl on the forum, so that was a surprise!
We met other workers on the RV road this summer - in California, South Dakota, Maine and Maryland. Friends told us to look up the SD couple who worked in the RV park we stayed at.
When my late husband Bill and I worked in national parks, we had RV friends stop by for a visit. We were able to get to know them better on our time off and they got to see a beautiful area. Often we were able to give them a complimentary place to park their RV. In fact, Beverly and Jim would have done so had we not already been settled elsewhere.
Working and volunteering are ways to build your RV community. Sometimes you find time to meet up. Sometimes they can help in finding or evaluating jobs. But mostly it makes this lifestyle richer and more rewarding. Jaimie
For information on Jaimie Hall's recently revised book, Support Your RV LIfestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, 2nd ed., see RVBookstore.com.
Yesterday George and I met Beverly and Jim who are working at the Expo Square event center in Tulsa, OK. Jim is managing the RV park, which is used primarily for exhibitors. Beverly helps during events when they get busy and in hiring other workers. We didn't have time to go see their park at Expo Square but had a nice get-acquainted visit at a nearby Borders bookstore. I'd met them on the Workamping forum but never in person. I hadn't picked up on Beverly's southern drawl on the forum, so that was a surprise!
We met other workers on the RV road this summer - in California, South Dakota, Maine and Maryland. Friends told us to look up the SD couple who worked in the RV park we stayed at.
When my late husband Bill and I worked in national parks, we had RV friends stop by for a visit. We were able to get to know them better on our time off and they got to see a beautiful area. Often we were able to give them a complimentary place to park their RV. In fact, Beverly and Jim would have done so had we not already been settled elsewhere.
Working and volunteering are ways to build your RV community. Sometimes you find time to meet up. Sometimes they can help in finding or evaluating jobs. But mostly it makes this lifestyle richer and more rewarding. Jaimie
For information on Jaimie Hall's recently revised book, Support Your RV LIfestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, 2nd ed., see RVBookstore.com.
posted by Jaimie Hall at
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I am interested in knowing howe diffiicult it is to hire a reliable, knowledgeable, honest RV camp host trhat can manage all aspects of an RV site that I am planning to purchase. Can you direct me to a resource to find applicants?
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