2009 Mountain Stream RV Park News

"The Prettiest Little Park This Side Of Heaven"

6954 Buck Creek Road---Marion, NC 28752
Phone: 828-724-9013

Toll Free: 877-724-9013
Owners: Ron and Becky Johnston

Current News

April 2009

Work Weekend was Saturday, March 28th. Turnout was a little light this year but no doubt that was at least partially due to the fact that it was the fourth straight day of rain. I think some folks didn't come for fear they would be put on ark building detail. At least it wasn't a downpour where you are soaked to the skin in 20 seconds. No, this was more of slow drizzle that takes a good three or four minutes before you are thoroughly wet.

The hardy souls that did show up really did a great job in spite of the rain. Everything on the work task list was completed except taking down the pavilion tarps. A great big thank you goes out to these folks. Teresa Pannell was one of these folks and she sent us a collage of pictures she took during the soggy activities.

March 2009

Well, last month I complained because we were having alternating periods of rain and cold weather. So this month we got the same thing except they came at the same time instead of alternating. No more complaining! Still, we were fortunate because we only got a little bit of snow. Just over 20 miles away, they're digging out from 8 inches of snow.

February 2009

We've torn out the non-stream sites and are rebuilding them from scratch, making them a little wider, more level and angling the sites to make them easier to back into. We hoped to have these sites finished and the grass reseeded by the end of March, but the project is running behind schedule. We've had a couple of cycles of significant rain followed by really cold weather that has left the ground either muddy or frozen for the better part of the month. We really need the rain, but it sure makes it hard to get anything done.

January 2009

This is another busy winter for us. We reworked many sites over the past two winters, eliminating some sites to permit others to be made larger or angled to make them easier to get into. This winter we will finish up this project by angling the non-stream sites and creating two more super sites by combining the remaining four standard stream sites (28, 29, 30 and 31). The non-stream sites should be finished by the end of March but the two new super sites probably won't be finished until mid-May.

Another project this winter is reconditioning the picnic tables. This involves cleaning, wire-brushing and painting all of the metal parts and replacing all of the wood parts. This time we're putting four coats of spar urethane on the wood. This gives the wood a nice looking finish that is smooth to the touch. It really looks good and hopefully will better protect the wood from the harsh elements the tables encounter sitting out on the sites. We've finished all of the tables in the pavilion and have begun working on the tables on the sites. We plan to complete at least half of the tables this winter.

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