Rain Rain Go Away

So a friend and I decided we were going to go camping one Saturday into Sunday. We picked the weekend of Father's Day back in April. The plans were set. And God had his own plan. Ooooodles of rain! I don't know about you, but I don't like camping, boating, walking, hiking, in the rain. I promised I'd go, and if you know me, I'm a man of my word to the best of my ability.
I'm so glad I went. This friend, Darren, and I made a plan on how to stay dry. We did for the most part. BIG STINKIN' TARPS!!!! And with the help of a 6 foot ladder and some clothes line, and of course, the cooperation from God for a few hours to get set-up, we didn't get too wet at all. Just my feet throughout the weekend.
That's tarp #1. Covering almost the entire campsite. Notice the angle for rain run off? I didn't think of that, Darren did, and I'm glad he did. Seriously, this tarp was HUMONGOUS.


Tarp #2 went over my tent.

See the ladder? That came in super handy. For some reason, Darren's tent is waterproof. Mine is not, so I needed the tarp. Thank goodness I used it, because it poured like MAD that night. But I stayed dry and warm, and all was good.

By the Grace of God, we even were able to get out on the boat and do some fishing. Darren SMASHED a lunker largemouth.


But when the sun went down, I fished at night, and ended up whacking a HUGE largemouth as well from the shore. It's tough to see, but he's a beaut.

We ate hot dogs over the fire, coffee cooked over the fire, and slept well. It wasn't easy getting the fire going with all the wet wood around, but Darren brought a hatchet. It was pretty cool watching him shave bigger logs down to get to the center of the wood where it's dry for kindling. Once the fire swelled up, it was pretty easy to burn wet stuff.

There a few more folks that want to do a weekend or something at my private little place, and they're more than welcome....as long as I'm there to enjoy it too.

I'm off this weekend on Magic 93. I'll be at the Styx show Friday night, so I won't be functioning properly Saturday morning. Thank you Suzie Quinn for covering the AM show.

Here are some more pics of the campsite after we got it set up.



And here's what it looked like when I woke up the next morning.

Beautiful! Thanks for listening to Magic 93. Thanks for reading. Enjoy your weekend! Find something to be grateful for.