Thursday October 12th 2023

It was windy today. The wind played a role in everything. There was a sustained wind about 20mph out of the south. When you add in the gusts up to 40mph, it was a blustery day. The other element of weather that came with the south wind was humidity. The temperature climbed into the low nineties, but it felt like it was in the low hundreds.

The wind made everything more difficult. This campground is located on the south bank of the Caloosahatchee Canal. The terrain leading up to the bank from the south is all open cattle land. There is next to nothing to block the wind. Wearing a hat is not in the cards. It wouldn’t stay on. In fact just trying to walk in a straight line is complicated. The birds that I have been finding rather frequently the last few days were harder to find today. Most of them were missing, but the few I spotted were in different, more sheltered locations. Driving today was also complicated by the wind.

A 20mph wind with 40mph gusts isn’t a lot of wind in other areas of the country. Out west windier conditions are not unusual. Here in Florida wind is usually a short term event associated with thunderstorms and other severe weather. Hurricanes are the exception. They bring very heavy wind for a day or two, but generally speaking from April through October it isn’t very windy. The winter months are the windy season. I guess that means Fall is here and winters around the corner. Someone just forgot to tell Mother Nature to turn down the heat.

As predicted a few more RVs arrived to add to the occupancy for the weekend. I suspect there will be a lot more tomorrow. The weekend weather forecast shows a positive trend, so it may draw other local campers out. At the very least the weather is not going to cause anybody to cancel.