Friday June 2nd 2023

Yesterday was definitely the best weather day of the week. Today was OK, but it represented a retreat from the peak conditions achieved on Thursday. There was more cloud cover and a little more heat today. The temperature peaked in the mid eighties. The TV weather forecasters are happy. The tropical system in the gulf became the first named tropical storm of the hurricane season, but it is moving south away from Florida as they expected. There is no need to react … Yet.

Instead of waking up to the sound of lawn mowers this morning it was a pressure washer. I was awake and up, but today was rec hall cleaning day. About mid morning one of the park staff started up a gas powered pressure washer to give the building a rinse. The building is about two sites away, but I don’t have a direct view. The noise was loud enough and odd enough that I had to check out its origin. I was a bit disappointed that the strange noise was just and ordinary pressure washer.

This afternoon people were busy arriving for the weekend. The park staff was very busy escorting each new arrival to their sites. In most parks I really appreciate the escort. It allows me to concentrate on driving through the cramped campground roads rather than trying to find my site. The escort is also helpful with directions when I have to back into the site. This campground really doesn’t need the escort as much as others. The sites are well organized with good signage and most are pull thru sites. Still, the park staff knows the tricks and often routes people to their sites via less obvious, but easier routes. Thinking back, I don’t ever recall not being able to find my site in a campground. I have gotten out and walked around a bit to scope out the area and find my site a time or two. A couple of wide open flat parking lot type campgrounds out west come to mind.