Halloween snow

What a difference a day makes - Friday morning there were perhaps 50 units in the campgound. All day long folks came in and there were about 25 open spaces at 9 pm (campground has about 400 sites). Folks were decorating like made all night for the Halloween party pm Saturday. 12 hours later, and we're watching them scurry as some dismantle their efforts and pack up to leave before the storm. Where's their sense of adventure? Or were they just smart enough to decide to go back home to weather the snow in October. We don't have much choice and will let you know how it goes...

If the day goes as planned for the campground, there are Halloween activities for kids from noon to 3, and then tonight is the adults' party. But Mother Nature plans to have 1 to 3 inches of rain falling this afternoon / evening, followed by the snowfall of upwards to 6" during the overnight and morning.

We had fun with the dusting of snow from the other day - Chuck made a mini snowman. But now that there's a considerable amount predicted, things are a bit different. We did keep a snow shovel, windshield scrapers, snow boots and the like when we sold the house last spring. And many times this summer we joked how we thought we were done with snow. Guess the jokes on us...

My biggest consolation is: if I were still working the cruise ships in Bar Harbor, and this was next year...