Tuesday October 17th 2023

The fall temperatures continued to control the weather. It was in the fifties this morning. The TV weather reporters indicated it was the first time since early March that the temperature was as low. Today’s wind was a little less intense and a more northerly. The result was a more comfortable day with respect to noise as the wind blew trough my slide out room awnings. Yesterday was the absolute worst angle between the orientation of my RV home and the wind direction. Every little change in wind velocity brought a loud rattle and banging.

By noon the temperature had increase to the point that I could take a walk outside without a sweatshirt. The wildlife seemed to be reacting to the change in temperature as well. The birds were not in their usual locations. I only saw a few birds in the distance. Later in the day, when the temperature was back in the mid seventies, a few birds were back in the usual locations.

My weather induced lethargy from yesterday was gone today. I went out for a little exploring in the car before ending up at Walmart for groceries. It wasn’t as busy today as it was back on Sunday the 8th. It didn’t look like there had been a run on supplies. The shelves were a little better stocked. On a positive note this Walmart continues to put real people at the checkouts. There aren’t as many self serve checkouts and several assisted checkouts were staffed. I even found a checkout with a cashier without a line. That hasn’t happened in a long time.

The campground is busier tonight than I expected based on last week. There are more here tonight than there were last night. Many of the current set of residents seem to be here for the fishing. The designated fishing areas around the dam have been very busy the last couple of days. The change in temperature may have brought out the fish and the fishermen to catch them. In addition to the shore based fishermen there have been boats in the river every night competing for the same fish since the weekend.