More people would have joined us, but heavy rain was predicted for Saturday (the remnants of Hurrican Ivan).
Two people arrived on Thursday, but most of us came on Friday night. I got there late, after 11 PM, but it wasn’t raining. Shortly after I set up my tent, it started to rain and I went to bed.
The next morning, it rained hard. We set up the tarp on site 523, but most people drove off to go sightseeing or to see a movie. I held down the fort, and dug a trench around my tent. The trench was quickly filled with water.
By the middle of the afternoon, the rain stopped and I went hiking on the Vin Gormley trail. It took me to Watchaug Pond, which is a large body of water, and an area administered by the Audubon Society. When I came back to the site, I found Lisa and Jim had returned and we went hiking together.
Gradually, everyone came back and we made dinner and built a couple of campfires.
Sunday was a beautiful day. The sun dried out our tents, and we took down the tarp. Mary swam in Watchaug Pond, and three people took a hike.
We all took down our tents, and five of us drove to a nearby beach to enjoy the ocean. Some of us swam and we all hiked along the beach. Then I left, but the others stayed to ride their bicycles on local roads.
David Levner
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