rain the newest four letter word!

we have been in gettysburg since the 20th. what was going to be a two day visit became much more when cristian discovered that the 4th of july weekend would be dominated by reenactments of the famous battle. intrigued myself we chose to hang out and see the sites.

of course there are many tales to share but for this post i am fast fowarding to the present.

since sunday there has been wave after wave of storm. thunder filled skies. campground illuminated by bolts of lightning. followed by the flood gates of heaven opening upon the earth.

i know i began this journey in awe of nature's powere. thrilled to be experiencing real weather for the first time.

i guess there really can be too much of a good thing. in the future when i make a request of god i believe i will be a tad more specific.

car camping presents its own challenges in stormy weather. minor things like keeping dry and preventing gear and car alike being overpowered by dank boy smell.

these minor concerns eventually became more major concerns last night when the entire county of adams was under flashflood alerts.

what had once been an oasis of calm was awash in flood waters. the playground where cristian and his buddies hung out became a raging river. small nearby cabins lay in seige surrounded by a ton of sand.

lightning bolts, immediately followed by explosions of thunder centered right above the camp.

trees back in the darkness crashed to the ground roots unable to find security in the suddenly liquified ground.

fortunately other than minor flood damage the camp made it through the night.

this morning cristian and i awoke to sunshine and birds singing.

the real downside to all of this rain is that the reenactments scheduled for this weekend have been postponed until the 7th.

so once again we are faced by a choice. give up and miss the reenactments or hang for another week and see it all.

i know what the old darrell would have done. worried himself to death and headed back not ready to step into the unknown.

the new darrell though, the new darrell along with cristian have decided to move down the road a bit for a few days to college park, maryland. there is a campsite within walking distance of public transportation and we are going to the nations capitol. in fact at this point we are debating where to spend the 4th. washington d.c., philadelphia or someplace we have yet to thinkg of .