“Welcome Back” is on the sign that greets us to a new season at Rainbow Village. The first thing I spotted was the green light in the resort office. The second thing I noticed was the beautiful flowers and shrubbery, thanks to Andy and Diane Schmied, full-timers in our resort.
This is our 13th year coming to Rainbow Village, and we noticed how many new residents bought homes since last year. Thirteen years ago, we were the young ones, and now we are the older ones. That’s life!
A new addition to our indoor heated pool was a chair lift to assist the handicapped to enter the pool easier. The main hall has beautiful new floors, its walls were painted and the kitchen has had some remodeling. A lot of trees were trimmed, a new drainage system was installed, a new fence was put up and there’s a new gaming area in the main hall. Our manager, Sue Flynn, does a great job for all of us.
(Courtesy of Sandra Gilbert-Abel)
A “Welcome Back” party took place on Halloween. It was a fun night with a dinner prepared by Doug Jones and helpers, and music for dancing for those attending. A big thanks to Doug Jones.
I found out what the green light stands for — that so many of our residents had turned on at their homes. It is to honor all the veterans in our resort. We were asked to wear red, white and blue to show our appreciation for all the veterans that served our country. Thank you for your service.
Gerry Ide was our disc jockey for our November dance. Close to 50 residents attended and had a wonderful time dancing to some of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s music. We were honored to have a young lady, Elyssa Simko, who just got back from serving the Army in Cuba, and visiting her grandmother Glenna Simko, join us at our dance. We all thanked her for her service. Great job, Gerry.
On our fifth day arriving at Rainbow Village, we received a phone call telling us that we had a fire in our manufactured home park in York, Pennsylvania. The fire destroyed the home and gave the neighbors a scare that lived close-by. Lots of fire engines were there to stop the fire from spreading to other homes. Our neighbors have a concern that we don’t have any fire hydrants in our park. They are going to make our owner of the park aware of this and hope to correct the situation.
Walking through Rainbow Village, I observed that we do have fire hydrants that I hadn’t seen before. Why does it take a tragedy to make us aware of our surroundings and to check out if we had the hydrants? I guess we think it won’t happen to our park.
We’re looking forward to the start of a great season at Rainbow Village.
By Sandra Gilbert-Abel
Published November 25, 2015
