August 12 - Thursday - Day 14

Today we left St. Martin Campsite and headed to a large town called Sussex. Last night we asked the owner of our campsite in St martins about seasonal spots. We were told point blank that we would be hard pressed to find a seasonal spot for the remainder of this year and that there was absolutely nothing available through their site. (yeah hope that doesnt come back and bite you some day) Luckily another camper overheard the conversation and told Tom to try a place called Animal Land outside of Sussex. He said the site was all seasonals but that the owner often accomodated people that just need a few days whenever he has a spot available. He also keeps it open for the seasonals to invite friends for a weekend or a short stay. Tom contacted the owner of Animal Land and told him our situation and the first thing he said was "Come on Down! and we will figure this out for you". As soon as we got to Animal Land he (Ulie is his name) was there to greet us. He came up and even said hello and welcome to me in my vehicle. Then he took Tom to see where he was putting us temporarily for the night and we were in! Tomorrow we will have a long term spot while we house hunt. No more moving around, and a much better price by the month. The first person we met after Ulie was our camp neighbour Dawn and her bunnies, the cutest. She has 3 but one has escaped and shows up all over camp. Kind of the wandering bunny. Dawn is a wealth of valuable information. Within no time at all we met her parents that also have a camper on site and her brother and his wife in the camper beside us and the sweetest girl Payton (sp?). Dawn told us that all the seasonals(long term campers)are dog cat pet friendly and not concerned about barking, yeah but they havent met Highway yet..... Dawn met Highway and loved him to pieces! Highway is already calling her Aunty Dawn. We got set up and had supper and sat outside. We met another camper named Tom, a fellow from Germany that is a long haul truck driver and pretty much stays in the camper all year round with his dog. He said it was very cold this past winter. It scares me to think that could be us this winter? While we were all chatting, Ulie (The owner of the site) stops by to make sure we were all right and that the dogs were settled in. Really? Owner people do that? That is refreshing! Thanks Ulie for making us feel so welcome. The mosquitos got bad after dark so we headed in and watched the news on line for the 1st time since we left. Seems we are not missing anything. yes, Highway barked for most of the night and was sent to the truck to muffle the sound.No one could love dogs that much to put up with him, even we don't. Please let it be a good spot away from everyone else. We will move tomorrow morning. Today I am grateful for good hosts and good neighbours!