Last weekend we drove to Assateague Island (it's an island off Virginia and Maryland) for a camping trip that Kevin's family and some family friends go on every year. Last year this camping trip was cancelled due to weather (hurricane I think?), and this year Hurricane Matthew was looking pretty ominous in the forecast, but we all decided to give it a shot. We all set-up our tents and were able to hang out for quite a few hours, but then the rain started and kept getting worse. We were able to look at the forecast again, and it was looking QUITE scary (Hurricane Matthew came further north than he was supposed to!), and they were predicting 3 to 5 inches of rain overnight along with strong winds (gusts 40-50 mph), so we knew we had to pack up and leave. A few people didn't want to leave, but we were able to convince everyone to go even though a few people did leave their tents and some supplies behind so they could get them the next day. We all drove to a nearby hotel to stay, and we were all hanging out together until pretty late in the evening which was nice. The few people that had left their tents, etc behind sent us pictures of the campsite the next day, and it was a great thing we'd all stayed in a hotel!! The rain flooded the campsite, and the winds completely obliterated the tents that had been left behind. Our drive back was pretty scary the whole way, but luckily Kevin's awesome driving skills and my Subaru (gotta love Subarus!) handled the crazy weather and roads just fine. We were EXHAUSTED when we got home on Sunday though.
Here's a screen capture of the weather map... If you look way at the top of the map, you can see the bottom of an island next to Virginia, and that's Assateague. And that red symbol at the bottom is a hurricane, for those of you not used to seeing hurricane weather maps! :)
Here's the ocean and beach (right next to the campground) before the bad weather hit.
Here you can see a distant picture of our campsite... That large white tent is over our tables, and the other tents (for sleeping) are all around there.
And here are some pictures from the next morning, after the bad weather hit:
This was a tent... It's collapsed and is buried with sand and water.
Here's some campsite flooding... That weird-looking reddish mound is a tent that had been left behind (it collapsed and is in the flooded area).
Here's more flooding that happened in our campsite... That was the huge tent that was over the tables (it collapsed). I'm SO glad we all drove to a hotel!
I can't believe it's the middle of October! Where is the time going... I guess that's what happens when you're busy! My job seems to just be getting busier and busier (lots of looooong days... ), and I think it's supposed to get worse for the rest of the year. But, I thought it was finally time to make my Fall Bucket List! It's a much more condensed version than usual, because we are going to be BUSY... and some things are new and some are repeats. We'll probably do the apple orchard and pumpkins/gourds at the same time, but I think we're going to find a different place to go to this year! Linvilla Orchard (which we have been going to for a few years) has been getting REALLY popular and busy, so we'll see if we can find another good option this year. We started decorating already, but I'll take pictures as Halloween gets a bit closer!
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