Tri-Circle_D,
Thanks for all the great pictures!!!!
Man, I miss that place.
What about the cable situation in 1700 loop? Any progress yet?
John
Can't wait to hear the update on the 1700 loop, that's one of my favorite loops.
OK, 1700 loop fans, here's the story. . .
On my September visit to the 1700 loop, the only evidence that I found of cable were some empty conduits, and this big wire sticking out of the ground:
On this visit, as soon as I drove into the road leading back to the 1600-1900 loops, I saw this rig parked on the 1700 loop. Look at the hook-up's, and tell me what do you see?
You see that little gray box connected to that little gray conduit pipe? That, my friends, is cable TV. Right there in the 1700 loop! Whoop! Whoop!
Here is a photo of the area where I saw the wire sticking out of the ground in September. That pole/box is new. The two empty conduits in the ground are still there:
While I am here, I notice the recycling station. Have they always had three languages on there? What is the third language? Is this really necessary? Can the campers speaking this third language not figure out what goes where by seeing the first two?
Around the 1700 loop, I see lots of folks hooked up to cable. So, now we know that the cable is up and running in the 1700 loop (but no such luck for the folks paying for the premium sites in the 500 loop
).
I wonder if any of the other loops back here have cable yet?
Let's check out the 1900 loop.
When I last visited this loop in September, there was a huge filling project going on.
Well, now it is done, and the loop is pretty full of campers.
And, guess what?
It looks great!
The 1900 loop gets the TCD/Tampa Bay Rays worst to first award. This loop really looks so much better.
Here is what I see as I enter the loop:
The campers in the first site you see have some nice decorations out.
A closer look:
Yes, those are decorated milk jugs. This site gets the TCD third place award for Halloween decorations (so far). We already saw the first place winners on the 700 loop, and we will take a look at the second place award in a future post.
Anyway, continuing around the loop, I come across a finalist for a real man of genius award. This fellow apparently ran into some trouble with the real window on his truck. So, what does he do? What any red blooded American man would do- fix it with duct tape! Get 'er done!:
That is an Alabama plate on the truck in case anyone couldn't figure that out already from just looking at the duct tape window.
OK, let's keep going around the loop. What's this?
A closer look:
Yes, that is a cable connection in the 1900 loop!
The 1900 loop has cable too!
Here is a shot looking down the loop heading out:
The 1900 loop really looks so much better! The swampy-ness is gone. Another shot:
Here are some more decorations:
And check this out. These people have a River Country towel (Lucky!):
So, for those of you keeping score at home, we now have cable in the 1700 and 1900 loops. And, both of these loops have some new plantings and landscaping, and look very nice.
What about the 1600 and 1800 loops? Check back, and I'll give you an update.
TCD