April 22-23, 2010 Just Hanging Out

Thursday

Some early morning pictures from our site:

 

Our first job today was gathering wood for our campfires.  We talked with the ranger yesterday and he told us that as long as it was down and dead, we could gather it.  We found some logs at the other end of the campground so we loaded the generator and chain saw and off we went.   We found a nice log that was dry and weathered (and not rotten – :-)), cut it up, hauled it out to the Tracker and unloaded at our site.  Then Andy split it all off and on during the day – Good Guy!!   So we are all set for wood – :-).

We needed supplies so we went to Wal-Mart in Hot Springs and then stopped at the Visitor Center and the National Forest Visitor Center for information.   Folks, this is the area (Mt. Ida – Quartz Crystal capital of the world) where we were crystal mining in December 2008.  So, hopefully, we will get to do it again over the next few days.  I would also like to go to the Hot Springs National Park so stay tuned.

Back at the MH, we just hung out the rest of the day.

Dusty’s favorite spot:

Dusty watching over his space – :-).  He is on the right middle of this picture:

And, of course, another great campfire night!!

Friday

The weather forecast for the next few days is rain, severe thunderstorms and a possibility of tornados starting this afternoon.  Well, the rain started around 7 AM and we decided to go into town and do our laundry.

The rain continued and the storms started when we got back.  The campers around us have all pulled their boats out of the water and secured their campsite.  (We did the same with our campsite.)

And all afternoon, we listened to our NOAA weather radio as the tornado watches and warnings were given. Right now we are out of the woods but they are also calling for more severe weather thru tomorrow afternoon….it should be an interesting night.