Drought / Rains – Santee, CA

While the Polar Vortex beats the Mid-West and East Coast, here in California a drought is devastating the crops across the central valley. California needs rain, rain, rain, or snow, snow, snow (Spring melt). Southern California is trying to do its part with the current 4 days of projected rains. There will be flooding and mud slides but still they need more moisture.

Due to high winds we had to put up the awning in the rain yesterday. Below are some pictures of our contribution to the effort. We awoke to the newly formed Lake OM (for OBrien and Muffler) right outside our door. We even have a couple of duck visitors; though we are pretty sure there aren’t any fish in this lake (depth is 3-4 inches). Luckily, the rig is a good 14-16 inches off the ground so only the rugs, mats and chairs got wet. We have our bikes under the 5th wheel overhang so only the tires got wet.

Our Camp Host came by and we discussed how to move the water. We are surrounded by higher ground (repeated use has packed down the general area that is available for our RV) and short of drilling holes or digging trenches we are stuck. The good news is that we only wear flip flops anyway so a little water on our feet is no big deal. Karma is part lab/poodle and loves water. When she comes back she has a routine on the towel to dry off her feet. When she gets rained on, toweling off is one of her favorite activities – really. She gets excited and digs her head/body into the hanging towel to get wiped dry. If we forget to get the bedroom door shut, that’s her next stop to ensure she is completely drive and we have more laundry to do.

The water did soak in by 3ish in the afternoon Just in time for more down pours scheduled for tonight.