The Tales of The Trees-Final Chapter!!!

 

December 15-16, 2020

Day 29, yesterday after filling our freshwater tank we disconnected from the water source and will be using that for the last few days, now we just need the other tanks emptied before we take off. Hopefully the pump out truck will come today, they should. Not much to do once we opened, we’ll finish our part of the takedown tomorrow.

When Ralph did his daily rounds he told us to pick out the best 15 trees we had, a few hours later some of the work crew came around and picked up all but the 15 trees. J By that time we had already sold 7 trees.

And yes the pump-out truck did get here today, now to just do some water management for a few days to make sure our freshwater tank lasts till Thursday morning. Shouldn’t be a real issue as we made our water tank last a week before.

Trees sold today 9, total trees sold 648, with only 13 trees left on the lot for our last day-tomorrow!!!

Day 30, our final day, started with a trip to the laundry, might as well because it’ll be a couple of weeks before we get to Gulf Waters. A nice visit with the laundromat owners, some clean clothes, filled up the truck on the way home.

We spent some time getting the tires juiced up, getting things picked up, and getting in travel mode. After lunch Ralph and Becky showed up, they told us to get the lot ready to close, the work crew would be around in a little while to pick up the lights and the rest of the supplies. Our first priority was to make sure we could get out of the grass, with the recent rain and very clay soil it’s a bit of a mess. We managed to get out of the grass and onto the pavement, we are at the edge of the lot for the rest of the day and overnight. Then we turned to get things in the tent taken down, the work crew showed up and we soon had things packed up and on their way to storage. We are still open till it’s too dark, we’ve sold 2 trees so far.

About 5pm the crew came by and picked up the last of our trees.

Ralph and Becky will be around later to collect the last of the money and to pay us. J

7pm, Ralph and Becky showed up with our pay, as soon as they left I got in my pajamas and enjoyed an evening of TV watching, gotta catch up with my Hallmark Christmas movies. 

3 trees sold today, total trees sold 651, NO TREES LEFT ON THE LOT!!!!!!!

I did all these daily journal entries to provide info for anyone thinking of selling Christmas trees. I don't usually blog about all the minutia of daily life but these groundhog days I felt might better reflect what we go through. Now back to my regular blogging style. 

Thanks all for following, as my Dad calls it, "The Tales of The Trees". 

Until next time…