A Rainy Day at Cedar River Flow, July 23

I had originally planned on exploring Moose River Plains, on Friday July 23 during my vacation. It however rained and rain, and I had to hide out under the tarp the whole time. So I spent most of the day camping out and reading.

Getting Breakfast Ready. Yes, I have lots of cheap trashy plastic crap that I use for camping. And I use styrofoam bowls and plastic silverware as much as possible, because clean up only involves using some matches and a fire.

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Cearel in Plastic Box. I stored all of my food in these 10 plastic boxes that I got at Walmart for $10. It helped things from getting all smashed up, and made organization much easier.

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It just poured and poured. It was a real rainy Friday. I ended up driving down to Indian Lake to buy some more ice and food, and to check the internet.

A Rainy Friday

I spent a lot of time listening to radio in the rain and reading books.

Listening to Radio in the Rain

After a while, all the rain started to make the tarp sinks due to the wet. Eventually, even the Christmas lights shorted out.

Tarp Sinks Due to Rain

But by evening, things started to clear out at the Cedar River Flow. It was refreshing after Friday’s long day of rain.

Cedar River Flow Clearing

That was Day 3 at Cedar River Plains. It was wet, but nice to take a quiet break for a while.


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