Lavon, Texas
Lavonia Park
Weather Condition; High 92 Low 72, Clear
Where do I start?
Well, I’ll try to make this explanation as short as possible. Back last
winter Dawn and I bid on a gate attendant job at Lavon Lake through Our Lands
and Waters Foundation. To our surprise, we were awarded a contract at the
lake’s smallest camping park. Clear Lake Park only has 23 camping sites, 2 boat
ramps and a day use area with picnic tables.
We learned a lot and had a great time being gate attendants. Clear Lake
Park is not open year round. The park is only open April 1st thru
September 30th. On September
13th we received a call from Our Lands and Waters telling us that
they no longer had a contract with the U.S Army Corp of Engineers, which meant
that we no longer had a contract either. After review made by the Army Corp
legal team the Army decided that the contracts were not legal. They have been
working like this for four or five years!
Anyway, Dawn and I agreed we would stay on and finish out the season for
free. They do provide us with a site, electric, water and sewer.
Then we were asked if we would consider moving to another year round
park across the lake to help out a gate attendant that need to have some time
off.
We said sure. On September 28th we packed up and moved to
Lavonia Park. Our new site sits up on a hill with a view of the lake and great
views of the sunset.
We now have a covered site which is really nice too. The only real
problem is the railroad track behind us. Luckily the train doesn’t run that
often.
We got all setup at our new site and ready to go to work when the government
shut down.
The campers had to leave and the gates were locked. Now we sit here
with a park all to ourselves with the exception of the other gate attendants and
a couple of volunteers.
We were told we could leave if we wanted but we chose to stay.
So now we are sitting here waiting to see if the government is going to
reopen before we are due to leave.
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