Santee shanti

The Fuso Szulc is now located in the Padre Dam’s Santee Lakes Recreational Preserve very close to San Diego, USA.

These lakes are in fact artificial water reservoirs used to make drinking water by a water company.
Around those lakes campsites are made, a headquarter, a swimming pool and buildings with bathrooms.

Several times before nights have been spent at Santee Lakes.
Because it is close to Kearny Mesa Mitsubishi Fuso truck dealer.
Otherwise, Santee Lake as a place to stay generates only negative feelings.

Let the fervent and loyal blog readers understand correctly.
Many people in motor homes and trailers are staying at Santee Lakes and obviously do enjoy it.
Hence, the discontent with the place is purely personal.
And may find its origins in the free spirit, the long time spent in a dry river bed in Mexico, in never having served in the army or it might be for having been in a strict boarding school.
Santee Lakes has too many regulations and rules.
That is the problem.

It already starts when checking in.
They want to know if the traveller has been in Santee Lakes before.
How the traveller knows about Santee Lakes.
It is a survey, a questioning for Santee Lakes to have more data about their clientele.



Every traveller making use of Santee Lakes gets a brochure with the campground rules and regulations.
There are over 30.
Like:

Wading and/or swimming in the lakes is strictly prohibited.

All Camping Units must have RVIA or Department of Housing certifications, current registration and licensing.

The Camping Unit must be positioned on the designated campsite appropriately so that the utility hook ups are located on the correct site.

Camping Units will be denied camping privileges based on unsightly appearance.

Santee Lakes has Internet.
And a traveller is allowed only to connect to Santee Lake’s Internet service.
And for not more than 15 minutes per session.
Using the own Datastorm Satellite System is not allowed.

And the rules and regulations go on and on.
An A4 document printed in small letters on both sides.
Saying:

“the following list DOES NOT constitute a COMPLETE set of the Rules and Regulations governing the Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve. You may request a complete set of the Rules and Regulations at the Park Office during business hours. It is your responsibility to know and follow the rules and regulations at this facility.”

One of the reasons of being at Santee Lakes is to meet Todd from the company Digital Satellites based in San Diego.
He is going to fix the Datastorm Satellite System that is hopelessly mixed up.
The D3 controller needs to be updated and that is no simple job.
Hence, he will come in with his own laptop, connect to the Fuso Szulc’s D3 and improve the software.
When by chance this was mentioned to the receptionist of Santee Lakes, she instructed that this was not allowed.
The reason is that Santee Lakes publishes a brochure that each visitor gets.
In this brochure are many advertisements of local and regional businesses.
Mobile RV services, Pizza places, RV supplies stores, etc
And only those businesses that advertise in the Santee Lake brochure are allowed to come into the park and offer services to a camper.
The woman ordered to go out of the park with the Fuso Szulc to have Todd work on the Datastorm Satellite System for example on the parking lot of a shopping mall.

It is well known that not only does the body contain blood, but that this blood can cook and boil.
Emotions work as a microwave on the blood.
And this kind of Kafka-like, concentration camp-style of rules is the perfect way to have the Fuso Szulc driver show temperament.
Who has learned early in life that this is very counterproductive.

Hence, an e-mail was sent to Todd to come in a normal car and to tell the guard that he is coming to see a friend.

And what concerns all the other many rules and regulations, the strategy is deployed of being at Santee Lakes physically, but not mentally.
Spiritually the presence is elsewhere carried by the sounds of the recent purchased CD of Liquid Mind.