After the exhausting day at
Black Canyon, we took a down day and enjoyed the amenities at the resort.
Watching videos on the vcr in the game room cracked me up. We watched
"Jurassic Park" and "Forest Gump," as the kids had never
seen them. I reminded Bill to rewind the video (hadn't used one of these in YEARS).
Then, on the coldest and
rainiest day of our vacation, we rented the pontoon boat. Not by
choice. They had scheduled us on Thursday and we couldn't do another
day. Since it was only overcast, we figured we would get a couple hours
of enjoyment.
Bill let the kids take
turns driving in huge figure eights. They did really well and had a
blast. For the first couple hours. The girls and I jumped in
briefly to relieve the pressure on our bladders. Problem. No
ladder. How am I going to get back on? By much perseverance, a
nasty bruise on my left knee and sheer force of will. Between Bill
pulling and me hauling, we managed to get me back on. Ouch.
And then the weather took a
turn for the worse. Rain poured down in sheets as we miserable huddled under
the soaking wet towels. Bill hauled rudder for the dock. We decided
freezing and fast trumped slow and cold.
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| Blue Mesa resort (the lake is in background). |
We thawed out in the hot
tub for a couple hours and decided that pontoons are fun in the sun, but not
the rain.
After that, we continued to
enjoy the amenities that Blue Mesa offered and reveled in each other's company
without pressing schedules or looming deadlines.
The only fly in the
ointment came with the Friday morning presentation. We had committed ahead
of time to listen politely and decline any membership at the end. Our
presenter, Virgil, seemed like a really nice guy. In his 70s, he is based
out of Verde, Arizona, and came to Colorado to help sell memberships. I
have to hand it to him, because Virgil is a born salesman.
He painted this marvelous
picture of going all over the nation and staying at these fabulous
resorts. In addition to the membership package, he skated right into the
condo and cabin package. I had overheard other patrons talking about two
year or five year memberships and asked him about that. Never one to let
frivolous questions derail him, Virgil pressed on. Raving about the
lifetime membership package and able to will it to your heirs, he continuously
waved his hand around, brushing aside any concerns I managed to express.
I felt like a train track
being run over by a steam engine. In the end, we decided to give it a
try. Later, after dinner, we passed him driving down to the dock in
his shiny red convertible. Hmmm.
With $8500 total (to be
made in monthly payments), we signed a contract for a...(wait for
it)...lifetime membership. WHAT? You say. A lifetime
membership? That's crazy. Why would anyone do that?
A very good question.
We had five days to do research and break the contract. After reading the
fine print (they don't give you much time to peruse the contract), I realized
the enormity of the commitment.
Immediately, I called their
front desk and figured out what I have to TO CANCEL. After some finagling
(they don't make it easy), we got out of the contract.
In the end, we had a
great time and reaffirmed our vow to never sign a contract under pressure.
If it's too good to
be true, it probably is...
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