So, the beginning of October saw us getting a few days of time out camping at Evangola State Park. We had some heavy rains on Wednesday and Thursday, and there was standing water at a number of the places in the campgrounds when I arrived on Thursday. Huzzah for wellies! (Especially with the standing water all along where I could position the door.)
We got site 18 which was farther away from the cliffs than I would have wanted, but it was one of the few sites left for the weekend, which really surprised me. The loop that our site was on only had 3 other RV/campers parked when I arrived, and being that the main area of the loop is a big grassy field, they were easy to see.
One upside of having participated in the Buffalo’s Mini-Maker Faire was that the bus was really nice, clean, and organized! The site was pretty nicely leveled, and had some nice woods right behind.
After arriving, the rain tapered off enough that I could get a fire going, once I elevated things enough that they were above the water level. letting me cook dinner.
While I was doing that, I was visited by a woman with a bit of an accent who asked a bit about the bus. It turned out that she was from Bavaria, and travelling with her parents. After a bit of back and forth, they ended up coming over for a nice evening with some wine and conversation. As they left the next morning, they gave me a lovely Bavarian Oktoberfest cookie (decorated gingerbread!).
The windstorm over that night made the beach into a more interesting place. The beach at Evangola has a base of a shelf of shale, and the huge waves had pushed/pulled the sand away and exposed the stone below. Again, good waterproof boots made for an enjoyable walk, and as the sun came out, the sighting of some fossil wood in the shale!
The rest of the day was full of relaxing, cooking, and hiking along the cliff trail and beach. Meanwhile, back at the campgrounds, the sites quickly filled, to the point that it looked like a summer weekend, not a cool one in the fall!
The clear water over the clean shale-layered shelf.
There was also time enough for a game of Affliction: Salem 1692, a game that we picked up at UBCon a couple of years ago.
Later we had some fire- and candlelight for the bus.
The next day we stayed to take a class on making tetrahedral kites, and made one out of recycled/used materials before going home.
Once again, this was an enjoyable trip. But, next time we come, I want to make sure that we get a cliff-side site for that spectacular view, and the sound of the surf.