In our second episode of A Christmas Tree Lot Story, Levi and I detail the process of getting a Christmas tree from the many stacks sitting in back of the tent to atop the customer’s car. Business has been picking up each week and temps have been dropping like nobody’s business! You can check out … Read more
Two weeks of rest after finishing off a season as pumpkin lot managers and we are back at it again as Christmas tree lot managers. We are located at the same lot and continue to work with the same company. Set up was a bit different this time around as we already had the tent … Read more
All workamping jobs must come to an end, including our time working at a pumpkin patch. The final ten days saw crowds swarming in after 5 PM on weekdays and all day on weekends, despite the rain and cold temperatures. Our biggest sellers were traditional orange pumpkins, carving kits, and bales of straw. We had … Read more
This week continued with more rain and cold temperatures but cleared up midway and we experienced the busiest weekend yet! We sold over 300 traditional orange pumpkins within the weekend alone! Plus, we sold the lot’s biggest pumpkin! This week’s episode breaks away from the ho-hums of our everyday routines and instead focuses on the … Read more
The weather did a 180 and we traded in our tees and shorts for our sweaters and pants. Here’s this week’s episode of our adventures workamping at a pumpkin lot. You can view previous episodes here, Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3. Week 4: 10/8/18 to 10/14/18 Monday: The mum debacle ended with us decreasing prices … Read more
This week’s pumpkin patch theme is Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot! The temperatures have been in the 90s and humid but that hasn’t stopped the customers from clamoring at the counter to buy their pumpkins for the season! Between checking out customers, helping load hay in the back of trucks, throwing away rotting pumpkins, giving train rides … Read more
We successfully completed what the owner refers to as Hell Week. It is so named because everyone is scrambling to get their lots set up as quickly as the pumpkins being delivered by the truckloads. We were definitely feeling it by the end of the week…we did a lot of lifting and maneuvering with the pallet jack … Read more
So…what is the Ladder Gadget, anyway? 30+ Things to Hang on your Ladder Gadget For us, the Ladder Gadget has been one of our most resourceful tools on the road. It serves many functions that include adding aesthetic appeal to our home on wheels, drying attire and gear, and storing supplies, to name a few. … Read more
Recently, when temperatures dropped below 0 degrees at our current location in Wichita, our refrigerator and freezer started warming up instead of cooling down. A local RV technician told us that some RV refrigerators won’t work in temperatures below zero. The fix was to heat up the cooling unit to keep the liquid inside from … Read more
Disclaimer: Levi and I are in no way affiliated with or representing Sunguard products. We are simply detailing our experience with the product for those interested. Once we decided to spend the summer months in Las Vegas, Levi and I started making preparations to ready the RV for the extreme temperatures. Desert region means little to … Read more
