Time to buy a lottery ticket!

7:15 am - January 1st, 2024 - Monday - GNHS - 46° F, humidity 84%, wind 4 mph out of the north....partly cloudy on this first day of 2024 with a forecast high of 66° F....↴

What is in store for us in 2024?

.....a new year of new adventures, new views, new friends coming our way. The first sunrise of 2024 at GNHS......↴

....on this date in 2023 TLE and I were awaiting our first RZR rental customers of the day.....↴

When I left off yesterday we had just finished a successful 11 RZR rental day, and were looking forward to another 11 RZR rental day on Sunday.  Unlike Saturday, we had all 11 RZRs scheduled to depart at 9 am.  I say scheduled, because very few show up early enough to depart at 9 am, and that is a good thing.  Just like Saturday our Sunday customers arrived at nice intervals enabling us to get them out without any stress, or pressure of people milling around awaiting their RZRs.  In actuality, it wasn't until well after 10 am that our final customer was on the road.  Once that was done it was just a matter of being available in case there were any accidents, flat tires, or rescues.

All empty save for the one RZR (on the left) with a broken axle

Thankfully, the rescue phone never rang the entire day, and all 11 of our all day rentals returned by 4:45 pm without incident.  How is that even possible?  We've never had a two day stretch like this without at least one flat tire, or accident, and yet Sunday was the second 11 rental day in succession without a single issue.  In fact, it's been about 9 days since we have had an accident, or flat tire.  Well, I for one will not be looking any gift horses in the mouth!  In fact, where is some wood I can pound right now?

TLE and I took another 1 mile walk averaging over 3.1 mph.  My knee feels amazing after a month of pain, and uncertainty.  There was a point about a week ago when I was beginning to wonder if I would be able to walk any distance again without pain....

That smile!

.....we closed the COA office on another rental day around 4:45 pm, and braced for the noise level to rise significantly as the park is packed full of New Years revelers.  Around 9 pm fireworks began to go off, so I wandered outside to video some of them for your viewing pleasure.....

....and with that The Lovely Elaine and I would like to extend our best wishes for a year filled with wonderful, new memories, family, love, new views, new friends, and good health!  May God bless you all!

Thanks for continuing to stop by!