Wet weather in Vermont

 Sunday night brought a big thunderstorm with very loud thunder to send Ranger scurrying under the table, trembling.  Lots of lightning and heavy rain!  It was another of those times when we were glad to not be in a tent. 

Monday morning’s walk was damp and foggy, but again it cleared somewhat in late morning.  We rode our bicycles to the town of South Londonderry, which consists of a railroad depot (not currently in use), a post office, and The Pantry, a combination deli, market, and gift shop.  The houses were typical New England style and all clustered around the two shores of the West River.

We had a quiet afternoon of lounging and reading.  (I already finished one novel: J K Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy.)  While there did not seem to be any threat of another thunderstorm, we moved the bikes and chairs into the screened room, and a good thing we did.  Later in the evening, we had another heavy downpour.  So this morning (Tuesday) everything is soaking wet and again Ranger and I had a foggy walk.  Hoping for some sunshine today to dry everything out a bit….

 South Londonderry, VT

I finally have a strong enough signal to post some photos.  Both Sunday and Monday, Ranger got to go swimming in the river.  Sunday was more fun in that there was another dog to romp around with.  In fact, after a fully-occupied park over the holiday weekend, it's cleared out quite a bit.  Our circle is still mostly occupied, being the only section of the park with electrical and water hookups, but there are large sections in the tenting area available.

The bottom picture is along a trail in the park on Sunday.  Beautiful, but very buggy!

As has been the pattern since our arrival, today we had a rainy morning, with sun coming through around lunchtime.  We hope to dry everything out today, as it needs to be packed up this evening so we can get an early start tomorrow, driving to Maine.