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Log of our
first trip of 20
State Park
Delaware, Ohio
What three days of rain can do to a campsite!
- Mileage Start 35,430 -- Home 35,681
- Attended: Dad, Nadette, Moose and Gracie Allen
March 3 to 6, 2011
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Alum Creek at one time was a nice, away from things park. Now, encroachment by the overflow from Columbus has changed its character. Not only is it no longer "away from things", but it has become home to yuppie boaters. It isn't unusual to arrive to a bustling, nearly full campground only to wake up the next morning to a ghost town as everyone has left for the lake.
March 3
This is my first trip back to Alum Creek since 2002!
As Alum Creek is a boater's park, where people come to boat more than
camp, it's a nice visit in the late fall, winter and early spring.
There is good walking. Here in the winter they have only a small
number of muddy sites open. Quite disappointing.
We arrived on a beautiful, sunny late winter day. Unfortunately, rain, heavy rain, is the order of the weekend. We took a nice 3.8 mile walk with the dogs. That was followed by a fire with hot dogs and marshmallows. We finished the evening out watching a few episodes of a TV show I was able to get from the library.
March 4
Moose, Grace and I went for a five mile walk
early in the morning. Then the rains came! Last weekend the
weather went from frozen to heavy rain. In Cleveland we had
terrible flooding. Now it appears we are going to repeat the same
event. It is raining. Hour after hour. The forecast is
for three or four inches before it turns to snow (!). We took
advantage of a break and got a mile or so in before it started raining
again.We had brunch at the local Waffle House. We went there because Nadette's son Arsom works in the Waffle House in Bowling Green. It was good food although the epitome of a "greasy spoon". Cracker Barrel is next.
We took a ride to Delaware State Park and
I was thrilled to see that they upgraded their electric. Delaware
is my favorite park except that the old power was terrible.
Delaware is on the list. Unfortunately, Delaware also floods - to
the point of covering much of the campground. This is a good
weekend to avoid Delaware!DVDs and playing on the computers is the order of the evening.
March 5It is pretty clear we will need an ark to survive this rain! It just doesn't stop!
March
6The rain stopped! It's now snowing.
What a weekend!!!
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