Hurricane looses to camper's high spirits!

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Greenland Cove CG, Danforth, Maine. Hurricane winds here with 4 - 5 inches of rain. Power out for 13 hours. Waves on lake are 4' to 5' high and pounding the docks and the lone boat that did not get pulled out. Campground was full last night (82 sites). Kid's birthday party held today as planned. Parade, cookout (hosted by CG management), and fireworks postponed until tomorrow. Patrons spirits high with lots of discussion about the storm. The "can do & will survive" attitude flourished for most all campers regardless of impacts from storm. Some tents, easy ups, and awnings were damaged, but folks stuck it out. Trees down which required a little handiwork from my Sthil chainsaw. All is well because the worst day camping is still much better than the best day working!

Lakeside

ken56 · Answer

Now that's the spirit! Stay safe though and have fun.

bgum · Answer

How hard did the wind blow?

lakeside013104 · Answer

bgum wrote:How hard did the wind blow?Enough to blow my hat off and the ground mat wrapped around the stabilizers. I am not sure, but the forecaster said the gusts could be 60 mph. I just know that some of the largest spruce trees (70' tall) were bending sideways around 25' or so. The wind just seemed constant at that speed for hours with gusts even stronger occasionally. Several other folks and I agreed that we have never experienced winds with such force.Lakeside

garywt · Answer

We were in southern Maine.  Rain and wind, gusts to 40 mph. Closed the awning and the outside kitchen and all was good.  Was not bad where we were.

paul1944 · Answer

lakeside013104 wrote:Greenland Cove CG, Danforth, Maine. Hurricane winds here with 4 - 5 inches of rain. Power out for 13 hours. Waves on lake are 4' to 5' high and pounding the docks and the lone boat that did not get pulled out. Campground was full last night (82 sites). Kid's birthday party held today as planned. Parade, cookout (hosted by CG management), and fireworks postponed until tomorrow. Patrons spirits high with lots of discussion about the storm. The "can do &amp; will survive" attitude flourished for most all campers regardless of impacts from storm. Some tents, easy ups, and awnings were damaged, but folks stuck it out. Trees down which required a little handiwork from my Sthil chainsaw. All is well because the worst day camping is still much better than the best day working!  LakesideAttitude is everything! :)

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