Rainy, rainy, rainy day

   We awoke to the patter of raindrops on the roof of the trailer and the weather went down hill from there. It had started out being just a light rain but by late afternoon the wind was whipping heavy rain sideways and, at times, rocking the trailer.

   When we first set up camp anywhere that we stay, one of my jobs is to get the satellite antennae in a position so that it can acquire a signal. When I first did so here, the signal was so weak that we only got a few channels and even those would break up the picture from time to time. The sky was quite overcast which didn’t help but I also made the determination that we are so far up in the northeast that the dish had to point to the southwest at such a low angle to find a satellite that the horizon was getting in the way of the signal. Once I picked the dish up off the ground and placed it on the roof of the trailer, we got a much better signal and were able to get some more channels.

   Why do I tell you this? Simply so that you understand that today, with the bad weather, we were completely cut off from the outside world. It rained and blew so hard in the afternoon that we could not even get a strong enough Wi-Fi signal to stay connected to the campgrounds Internet connection. To be to able to write this blog I had to do it on my word processor and the paste it here later. ( Deb just opened a bottle of Cabernet Franc that we bought in New York so I’m taking a break to play scrabble with her and will continue this later )

   At one point after lunch, I decided that I would get a couple repairs done on the camper. When the tire blew out on the highway the other day, it ripped open the material covering the under belly and there were wires hanging out that I had to tie up to continue the trip.
   I went under the trailer with the wind whipping under it about 25mph and repaired the damage the best that I could do with the items that I carry with us. That took a half an hour so it was back inside for the remainder of the afternoon.
    About two hours before it got dark, the rain subsided and we decided to take the dogs out for a run on the beach. It was a much needed escape for the dogs. Labrador Retrievers love water and both went crashing into the surf of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The beach here is about a half mile long with 400 foot cliffs at each end with a mountain stream running thru it to the gulf. The dogs covered it from one end to the other exploring every inch of it. The wind was blowing constantly and after about a half hour, the rain started coming down in sheets so we had to head back..
    Despite the weather, it was a nice day with some reading, some napping and a lot of time just sitting in front of the fireplace enjoying it’s warm glow but we are definitely looking forward to getting out into the Cape Breton Highlands. Saturday and Sunday are supposed to be sunny and warm.