Blown Down

There was a situation that I was not aware of when I completed the blog entry yesterday. Everything that was said about the wind and rain was true, but what I wasn't aware of at the time was that our weather station had blown over sometime during the night. It wasn't discovered until it got light outside and Josie looked out the window and saw it on the ground. The readings for yesterday then, are short of reality. My guess is that it blew over sometime after 1;20 AM which was the time I received the highest wind gust of 35 MPH. The reports we heard during the day were that the wind gusts in our area exceeded 60 MPH. I believe it, and will say that there were more than a few gusts like that. Also, our rain totals are therefore also short for the day. We have had measurable rain every day we've been here (6 days) and there is no end in sight. Are we ever thankful we drove up here when we did as there is snow in the passes we came through.

Our work day yesterday was from 7:30 - 2:30. Terry had us leave a little early to begin our time off which will include today and tomorrow. We see that there is a rig in the space that is reserved for the managers, so it appears they arrived sometime after we left work yesterday. Their names are Jim and Mary and they have been park managers for the Premier RV Resort parks for many years.Terry indicated to us that they were the couple that "molded" the Redding park into the nice facility it is today. We will be anxious to meet them on or before Thursday.

Today and tomorrow are the first full days we've had to enjoy and explore the area so we are talking about places to go and things to do. I know that Josie is very anxious to walk on the beach but I'm not too sure about doing that in this weather. There are lots of other things we will be doing so stay tuned...