Storm Update

We received an email from our friend Bruce who was one of the folks that traveled to Charlottesville, VA, for the weekend to escape the wrath of the hurricane. I placed the text of his email below so you could see the early reports of the damage at Grey's Point Campground:

"Hi kids,  Larry & T, Melinda & Jamie, & I had a good trip over to Charlottesville yesterday.  I talked with Mary late this afternoon and the worst of the hurricane is still several hours away from Grey's, but already trees have fallen on and crushed 4 of the seasonal park models, the entire transient area is underwater, and the docks at the marina are under water, with a good number of boards loose and floating around.  We're 130 miles away and it has rained here all day and right now the wind is blowing about 20 to 25 mph.  Grey's still has power, but it will probably be out by morning - Beth Page lost power early this afternoon. This is the first Saturday I've had off since March 1st & it's been nice to just hang out and relax!   We're heading back Monday.  Take care - sorry you're missing out on all this fun!  Bruce"

Mary is the campground Manager and it appears that she stayed behind with her husband, Russ, in their motorhome. That was a very risky thing to do- if it is true - as their space is under several trees. Bruce was also my supervisor while I was there and is in charge of all the hosting functions at the park. The transient area that he referred to is the overnight campground portion of the park, as opposed to the full time, permanent site locations where the park models are located. All of our (workamper) sites were in the transient area. Of course, Chesapeake Bay, on which the campground lies, took a direct hit from the storm. Thank you, Lord, for guiding us away from that area. We will keep everybody posted as we get firsthand reports.

Today is day 3 of our work week and already we are looking forward to Tuesday afternoon. We aren't sure yet about working a half day of OT on Tuesday morning, but we will probably end up working. It is so easy to do just a half day after working 10 hour days, and the money is good. Later...