Sunday July 3rd 2016

When I got on the road this morning the car was sounding louder than normal. I let my paranoia build as I drove north. About 20 miles up the road I turned around and came back to the campground. It didn’t make sense to be on the road on a holiday weekend when nothing was going to be open to support me if anything was significantly wrong. My quasi educated interpretation is one of pumps or alternator driven by the serpentine belt is about to give out. I’ll sit still the rest of the weekend and get the car looked at Tuesday or Wednesday after I relocate back to Littleton MA. The car is drive-able so I’m not stranded. I’m just being overly cautious.

It continues to be a busy weekend here at the campground. I think the park was full last night and is probably full again tonight even with more RVs than I expected leaving this morning. The campground staff continues to run activities for the kids. They added a pseudo hay ride to the mix of activities today. I say pseudo because there was no hay. It was just a tractor pulling a wagon with benches to sit on. For the holiday they added red, clear and blue blinking led lights to the back of the wagon.

Today seemed to be visiting day. The number of cars in the campground doubled. It was difficult getting through some of the areas because of the parked cars. The campground charges per visitor so they must enjoy the added revenue. Unlike a normal weekend, there has been a campground staff member at the entrance checking passes.

I’ve been trying to get some research completed and some purchase made on the internet. The campgrounds WiFi was pretty bad when the campground was empty. With a full campground it is not usable. Unfortunately, the cell tower in the area seems to be saturated as well. I keep getting dropped from 4g speeds, to 3g speeds all the way down to a nonexistent connection. Hopefully, as people leave the area tomorrow things will improve.

The town of Middleborough fireworks were tonight. They can be seen down the power line from the campground. I would estimate they were three or four miles away. They were good but brief. They probably lasted about 15 minutes. I didn’t have anything to steady my camera so my attempts at photography are interesting. Then my camera battery ran out of juice. A fitting way to end the day.