Our last day in Plymouth was spend with honey-dos for the early part of the day. You know, laundry, shopping, etc. But we could not leave until we experienced an Atlantic beach. We found one up the road from the rock and got there just as the life guards and parking attendants were getting off so we didn't have to pay for parking. I can't account for all Atlantic coast beaches but this one was pretty rocky. There were lots of colorful rocks along the shore. The girls and Kyle were the only ones who tried the water. They all said it was cold, a "different kind of cold". I don't know what that meant but I wasn't going in to find out what they meant. The rocky-sandy shore meant body surfing was out. The waves were pretty small too. But the seagulls are just as annoying as they are in Cali. There is a beach side restaurant shack/bar that seemed to cater to the upper crust neighborhood. Though it was very much a shanty they served lobster, clams, wine, beer and all the traditional fun food and snacks one would find in a bar or a resort food vendor. The girls had a blast crouching in the water letting the waves rise over their heads. Kyle tried to have fun but a lifeguard whistled him back when he went about 300 yards out. He helped the girls and Mami gather stones to make a Jesus heart on the shore.
I am writing this in CT. We arrive here on Friday and decided to spend the holiday weekend quietly here near my cousin and her family. The RV park we found is brand spankin’ new. It is an addition to one of the country’s oldest amusement parks. The park is trying to become a resort with activities for the kids and family movie nights and that sort of stuff. Though it is a great place it has a couple of draw backs. I get the feeling the RV thing is really new to everyone working here and no one on staff has rv camp experience. But they are definitely trying hard. The place is clean and the staff is kind. The wi-fi is pretty weak and that might turn some campers from staying since computers, tablets, smart phones, etc. have become appendages to most people these days. There is in fact a group that is planning on putting together an RV ratings book based on how connected the park is. Not all rv-ers are vacationing. Many are doing it for work, in the case of mobile workers, some people are doing it for life, since they either can’t buy a house or don’t want to live in a house. Regardless I have found that being connected is vital for us since our biz requires it. Also you would have gotten more blogs from me had the places we stayed had better wi-fi service.
OK, that aside, our week end has been fun. We are slowly, ever so slowly, working our way to Eureka, MO for the town’s yearly festival. With the trouble in Ferguson, Mo I must admit the prospect of heading to the St. Louis area had me worried. But we will be in the south part of the area where Ferguson is in the North. Here at the park. Like I mentioned, the staff has organizes things for the kids to do. They play games and do all kinds of crafts. The girls won the scavenger hunt on the first day and they have made lots of cool Sunday school style crafts all weekend. Friday night my cousin, Patsy, and her daughter and her boyfriend, a supper funny nice kid) came out to the park to sup with us. Or is “us supping with them” since they brought the food? We had a wiennie roast over the camp fire. Saturday we drove down to Nagatuk, birthplace of Nagahide (no lie), to pick up pizzas from the best pizza makers in the country, Medina’s pizza. We discovered it 5 years ago when we worked an amusement park near here (no the one we are staying next to now). The owners remembered us and did a nice thing for us, they made our small and medium pizzas large for no extra charge. Awesome folks. We had gotten our old favorites and we ordered a couple of new ones we have never had before. The artichoke heart ricotta cheese pizza was great but the brochetta (Spelling?) pizza was out of this world!
In the eve we went over to the cousins’ house and supped with them. My cousin is a fabulous cook and no one walked away with an empty stomach. The kids watched one of the Smurf movies while my cousin’s husband and I talked. The talk grew into a conversation regarding politics and even a bit of religion. We have differing opinions about a few things but no hot heads were involved so it was more entertaining than anything else. It strikes me funny that he and I shared closer opinions a few years back but somehow things have changed.
Sunday was a sleep late day and then family church. Jim led music with his guitar and I used a great study from A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson. We talked about “the meaning of life” or the “purpose of man” as described by the bible. The short answer is to Glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. From there a person can go on to be a good Christian and a better person in the name of God.
Patsy, her daughter and son came out again today. We snacked a bit and spent a wonderful time talking.
A couple of blogs ago I mentioned my friend having a heart attack. Well, he is doing so much better. I have talked with him and his wife a couple of times and he is already driving himself to appointments and is still the dynamo I know and love. Happy you are doing better JC.
2 comments:
Hi,
While googling information on my liar ex-boss I came across your post. It seems that he, David Jackson aka Friedline, aka Kamp has cheated you out of money too. I used to work for him a few months ago. It seems that he is up to his old tricks.
He is now running an insurance agency called Agent Franchise, LLC. They were at 1344 W. 6th St., Corona, CA 92878, but are now at 9518 East 9th Street Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. He had to move because the two guys that he was partners with called him out on his bs and decided to stop doing business with him. They said that he still owes them money. One of the ex-partners owns that building. Their names are Ryan and Steve. You might want to talk to them also. I'm sure they have more information that I do. One of them owns the security company Chief Protective Services Inc, which is in the same Corona building. Their number is (888) 332-4648.
While I worked there I heard him say on several occasions that after open enrollment he was moving to Puerto Rico or Arizona. Open enrollment in the health insurance industry is when most agents make their money. They make more money in those three months than they do all year. I think that he plans to run off with the commission money after open enrollment ends. He has most of the agents work under his insurance license number, which I belief is illegal. No one ever questions the sneaky things he does, so he will probably get away with it. He claimed that he was going to open this super call center of 150 agents for open enrollment, which starts Nov 15.
He just moved to that Rancho office, but I don't know how long they will be able to stay there since they only had two months free. When I left they barely had any agents still working there. Every week getting paid was this big ordeal and panic because the company was broke. I honestly think he is someone who has a lot of good ideas, but doesn't know how to execute him. He doesn't care about the people who get affected by his decisions.
His right hand person is Lorie Collins 909-212-2112. Her Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/lorie.collins518?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser.
He talked one of the agents there into being a partner. His name is Sean McCloskey 951-775-7573. Nice guy, but not too bright. He put company credit in his name. David made up some lie about why he couldn't get it in his name.
His half- brother is also a big part of the company. This is his LinkedIn page http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kristopher-camp/51/950/326
Good luck getting your money. I'll check your blog in a few days, just to make sure you were able to get this message. I hate to see people cheated. Some people take others kindness for weakness, which isn't right.
God Bless!
Thank you for the info. From what I understand several lawyers have liens on anything he tries to own in three counties down there. I believe any chance of me getting paid is very unlikely since the lawyers will probably get it first, if they find any. Jackson has relatives in AZ, or his wife does. We will be in Socal at the end of the month and I might just pay him a visit? thanks for the info.
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