Here it is a whole week after Irene. We've moved from the hiding hole in Maine where our DRV Mobile Suites sat out the storm. After all the hype we felt that it was a rather windy but still a non-event. Those west of us got it much worse than what we experienced.
We were in Meadowbrook Campground just outside of Bath, Me. for 4 days before and 1 day after the hurricane came through. The day before we went around the campground and turned pick nick tables over, picked up lawn chairs and placed them under tables to keep them from becoming air-borne.
All the RV's that were up in the treed area moved down to the open area where we were. Several got up early on Monday morning before Irene made to far north and headed out. I don't know where they were going, they did have Maine plates. But even at that, why would you want to move and then drop off you rig at home when the winds is blowing 50 + mph!
Our thoughts led us to put the sides in on the 5th wheel, take the dog, food, drinks, the Kindle and our rain coats; we hooked the truck to the 5th and then sat in it until early evening. The rain had quit by this time and the wind was not howling too bad. So we went into the rig, put the living room slides out and read in there. When it was time to go to bed we ran that slide out and crawled into bed. I fell asleep almost immediately but Bonnie was up until 3AM listening to the wind howl.
At Meadowbrooke they have a couple of things going on I need to mention. First is their Lobster Pound (a place you can buy lobsters - live or cooked). They have fresh lobsters going for $6.99/lb. either fresh or cooked. Ummm... we filled up on lobster, let me tell you. They take 20 minutes to cook so yo have time to get the corn done and coleslaw ready.
Second is the little restaurant found in the club house. It's called the Drifter's Reef. They have great meals every evening and during the summer they use produce that they grow. We had fantastic spaghetti with squash, corn and home made cookies!
For the last several days we have been back in Wolfeboro, N.H. They had some trees down but no RV's damaged. We Love being in this quiet campground, enjoy the people here and you never know what will turn up. Yesterday I walked past Bob's 5th wheel and on the pick nick table there was one of the plastic containers we all use for items packed in the basement. But this one was different - it had a heat lamp blasting the interior and inside were about two dozen guinea chicks! Seems the daughter was visiting and had brought them along because no one would be at home to take care of them.
So keep your eyes open - you don't know what you'll see!
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