Weathering the Storm

Nobody slept last night.  We had heavy winds all night.  All we heard was the awning poles slapping onto the tarmac. Once everyone was up and we got Axel out to do his business we made plans to deal with the weather.  Because safety comes first you have to assess the risk of staying in the camper.  Since I have a popup

I am not as sturdy as other camping rigs.  Bunk ends have been known to be torn out by the wind.  Even though the National Seashore is closed there really are not a lot of people in the State Park in the middle of the week.  We talked with the few neighbors we had and most were making plans to leave.  The storm was going to last a couple of days and could force closures of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel or the Bay Bridge.  So for most of our neighbors it was a choice of heading home early or getting stranded by bridge closure.

We headed to the camp store to check out the forecast at weather.com.  The prediction was for rain, heavy at times with winds in the high 20 mile-per-hour range.  Lori and I decided we could deal with this if we storm proofed a little bit.  We got the awning stowed and put away anything that would get blown into another camp site.  I charged batteries and computers and then covered the generator.

After our storm preparations were done the Turcotts showed up wanting to venture into the National Seashore.  We headed to the beach to take advantage of the water front access to National. The surf was huge and a storm surge had put the tide almost up to the dunes.  Bud had been told by a fisherman that this was still low tide.  Not wanting to get stranded by tide cycles we decided to abandon the adventure.  The Turcotts to play cards and me to take a nap.