Baby it's cold outside!

The weather today has been VERY blustery and rainy!  Winds averaging 15 to 25 and gusts up to 40.  I keep waiting to take off flying.  Our RV slides would make perfect wings!  The temperatures are supposed to drop to the low 30's tonight and tomorrow night with a high of 50 tomorrow.  The forecast is calling for warmer temperatures by Thursday and Friday having highs in the 70's! We are expecting more campers to take advantage of the Indian Summer weather and anticipating that Monday will probably be a very busy day.  Watching the news we are happy not to be up in the mountains this time of year, they have blizzard conditions, 18 inches of snow and chains are recommended for all vehicles going on the highways above 8000 feet.  I know the ski resorts must be happy as this should give them a good base for the upcoming season! 

This is the guy you call to fix your camping problems!

These interesting whirly-gigs mark our Camp Host cart.

We had only a couple of sites to clean today, most of the campers that are left in the park have decided to add an extra day to their stay.  My guess is they didn't want to drive in this wind and I don't blame them.  Wind can be very dangerous to anyone pulling a trailer, including the semi drivers.

There is a  family camping out in a tent in a site not too far from us.  The parents, three young girls, and a small dog.  Talked with them for awhile when did our evening rounds.  They live in an apartment not too far from this State Park and since the girls are out of school for Fall Break, they decided to have some time out in Nature. The girls seem to be having a great time being out running around ... in bare feet!  We watched them as they had a campfire and it seemed to delight the girls.  It brought back wonderful memories of tent camping with my children when they were younger.  We used to heat rocks in the campfire, place them in a cast iron skillet, put that on an inverted soup pot and use it to heat the tent.  I wonder if anyone thinks up things like that in this day and age of propane and battery operated heaters?

An almost empty campground.

Tomorrow morning we are going out to breakfast with the other Camp Hosts. They will both be leaving for warmer climates this week.  Pat and Russ will be leaving on Wednesday for Mexico, they have a home there, and Sandy and Mike will be leaving Thursday for Arizona, they have a winter Workamp position they go to every year.  We will hang out here for another week, give the Park Rangers a hand, spend some time with family, maybe get in a couple of geo-caches then be on our way.

Thanks for stopping by,
Jo

Whether the weather be fine, 
Whether the weather be not, 
Whether the weather be cold, 
Whether the weather be hot, 
We’ll weather the weather, 
Whatever the whether, 
Whether we like it or not
~Unknown Author