Some Days are Wetter Than Others

Hi everyone! I just thought I would take a couple of minutes to let everyone know that we are still here! Yup, the skies over Camp Dixie did their best "Story of Noah" imitation, and it rained for almost a week straight. A personal weather station in Gulf Shores, AL reported that there was over 12 inches over the week of the storm, while a station in Lillian, AL (just up the bay from our location) showed that it had over 17 inches. At one point in the storm, the Lillian weather station reported that rain was coming down at over 5 inches an hour. Now that's a lot of rain!

The puddles took a lot longer to dry around here than normal (in fact, we still have a couple around the property) But they are mostly gone. The bay was over filled for a couple of days, and at some point water was actually running from our property, over the sea wall, and into the bay. The bay water has taken on a nice dark orange color from all the pine needles (And whatever else) that were washed in, but all in all everything is good.

This picture of a Blue Angels jet wasn't taken during the current storm, but it was taken after one of our ground soaking rains. It was pretty fun to watch a $35 Million airplane splashing through puddles like I do in my much-less-than-$35 million camp GMC Pickup.

Because of the rain, and the cold that has come after the rain ended, I have not had a chance to get the Sunfish out into the bay in a while. The good news is that even through all the weather, it isn't carrying any new water (no holes in the top of the boat!).

Camp wise, we are working on getting a publicity piece out to congregations in the Southern District about our Traveling VBS program, and our new praise time at camp called Adoration. I'm very excited about both events, they should be a lot of fun, and hopefully will reach a lot of campers.

God's Peace, and see you at camp!
-Mac