Here Comes Memorial Day at Strawberry Park

After gradually growing crowds throughout the spring season, the big one is now upon us. Actually, the big 3, as we have Memorial Day, a 2-day respite (with school picnics on Tue & Wed), our Bluegrass Fest May 28-31 and then Cajun/Zydeco on June 4-7. With a beautiful sunny day, we did open the pools for those who were arriving a day early. Many CT state workers have Friday off as a "furlough" day, so we had about 30 campers checking in early for the weekend. We will start limited mid-week pool hours next week, with all pools open this weekend with extended hours. Looks like a decent weather forecast, with maybe some showers overnight on Saturday---hope to get the bonfire in on Sat night. The mowing crew has been busy all week, and things are looking green and trim. If any seasonals or owners are wondering about car passes, we will be doing them right after the festivals, as everyone needs a wristband for the music fests anyway. This is the first completely full weekend, as all sites are full, including tent sites, w/e/c sites and sites with sewer. We do still have a couple of rentals available (cabins are full, but some RV and Park Models were open as of this entry). Just the opposite for the festivals, as the rentals tend to fill first...with a few sites left for bluegrass, and a few more for Cajun/Zydeco. This weekend also brings some interleague baseball action, as well as NBA playoffs (little upset in Cleveland last night--must be the SI cover jinx). On the local sports scene, we enjoyed our first minor league game of the season on Tuesday night. The Defenders are away this weekend, but home next weekend. Not sure if we will have enough brave souls for pool volleyball, as the water temps have not climbed too high, with some cool nights recently. Will be posting plenty of photos from the weekend, but probably not until after the weekend is over. Have a good one!