Neither Wind nor Rain nor....

.....aw heck, who am I kidding. We're not the Postal Service. The weather, after last week, has turned decidedly stormy. First came the winds, which were strong enough to grab the rain flies off the tents and send them soaring. The kids all went running off and turned them into wind toys on the beach. People with flags flying from their rigs (US, Marine and pirate) were watching the flags stand staright out and their poles were bending

Bit by bit, the wind also blew sand between all the parallel parked RV's and built up hills and covered what was on the gound. Including electrical cables, water hoses and sewer lines.

Let's refresh your memory of what the ground looked like on Friday night:

See the nice ground tarp all the chairs and the brazier are placed upon? Now look for the tarp, which is in the exact same location, in this photo:

A couple of feet under the steps are all that you can see of it. The rest is buried under that new mound of sand which blew in. We'll be digging that out tomorrow.

Then came the rain, which at least washed the sand from everything. And that also wet the sand enough to keep it from blowing into everything. We are supposed to get some relief today, the rain will continue sporadically, and the wind is supposed to remain mostly calm.

We're hoping for sunny weather - and that the weatherman who forecast that is right - tomorrow. We've already agree that a) we'll laugh about this later and b) we need to make a return trip during better weather.

We're heading off to my sister's late this morning to celebrate the 90th birthday of my Dad.
Par-tay!