Friday June 9th 2023

It was partly cloudy to start the day, but the weather went downhill from there. The temperature climbed to about 90 before the full cloud cover arrived. Shortly after noon the sky to the south started to darken. The first of today’s thunderstorms started to form. It sky got very black to the south and the weather radar showed very intense storms in that area. This area was spared any precipitation or wind. Our turn was around 5PM. A line of storms moved across the area from the west toward the east. This set of storms brought some wind, lightening and about half an hour of rain. Once again this area was spared the worst. According to the TV weather talkers most of the severe storms passed to the north and into the city of Jacksonville and St. Johns county. The good news is all the storms lowered the temperature into the seventies.

The last couple of days the tree service work has provided entertainment. Today the sound of a chainsaw before 9AM caused annoyance. I was awake, but was resisting the urge to get out of bed. The chainsaw noise pushed me into the start of my day. I don’t think the tree service company was back. Instead, I think the campground staff was attacking the logs that were left behind. Later in the day I saw a golf cart pulling a utility trailer filled with logs.

This evening the park is in weekend mode. There is a higher level of occupancy, more kids and a generally higher energy level. Most of the weekend visitors are from Florida or Georgia, but there are a few travelers in the mix as well. This is my second weekend here since memorial day weekend. The level of occupancy has gone down each weekend. I suspect it may be up next weekend since it is Fathers Day weekend.