June 03, 2015 - Mostly Rain

It was 56 degrees this morning. Spence stopped by for a coffee refill and told us that the only campers in the campground were the purple raft people. We reported eleven vacancies for the morning campground report.

After a brief period of sunshine in the morning, it rained or misted most of the cold, dreary day. We stayed indoors. Loud thunder echoed through the valley all day.

A Brief Moment of Sunshine on the Horse Trail

I made an excellent Asian-style stir-fry for dinner and Spence joined us. I told him it would be ready at 1400 and he showed up exactly at 1400. We ate out in the screen room and then moved to our chairs under the awning. We watched the heavy rain, but did not get a deluge like yesterday.

We drove the car up to the tent campground in the evening to check occupancy. Andy walked around to check for food left out. The family in Site 12 had their vehicle blocking the road. The woman backed up so I could pass, but then put the vehicle right in the same spot blocking others trying to come in. They were in a dither. This was their first night camping in Big Creek and everything was already soaked. The woman asked me where they could find a reasonably-priced motel and I directed them to Newport. They left their tent in Site 12 and said they might try to sleep in it tomorrow night. Three more sets of campers arrived while we were there.

I drove the car down to the Pigeon River and did an email send/receive. It was still raining.