*taptaptap* *blow* Is this thing on?...
And now, your Weekend update with your host, Fourgotten...
Saturday began bright and early and I headed out later than I meant to. Finally having arrived at Florence around 08:15, the rain and wind began. Of course.
Within the first 15 minutes of my mushroom hunting I was soaked to the skin except for my feet. As I was wading through the Scots Broom and grass, I was trying to keep my pants legs away from my legs to prevent my wet skin allowing water to dribble down into my boots.
I did pretty well for a couple of hours, but finally, they also filled with water and I was soaked.
75% of the mushrooms that I got were #2 or #3, though most of them were bug free, so certainly good enough to smoke or to dehydrate.
After I'd had enough time being soaked, I changed into my dry clothing (good thing that I packed for an overnight excursion!) and headed out. Looked for some cheap-ass slippers so that my feet could dry but didn't find anything that I was willing to buy, so I headed to the casino for lunch.
Walked in with $6 in my pocket. Paid for lunch with my card ($9.99) and left $1 for a tip. It was a pretty good lunch, actually. Much better than our prior experience there.
After lunch, while walking out, I just got a random idea to try the slots and came out with $37. Basically, they paid me $21 to have lunch. NICE!
Sunday we hit up my cousin's place to pick her mushrooms. We found a good amount of them, most being #2 or #3 again, and many with springtails on them, but those are easily brushed off.
Stopped at the North Spit as well, but it's been picked pretty clean (at least, my spots up there).
The drive home was... a little scary... the wind had picked up and the rain was constant and I REALLY need to replace my lower ball joints... *shudder*
It was a nice time, even if it was more wet than I like. Can't wait for those Frogg Toggs to come in...
Saturday began bright and early and I headed out later than I meant to. Finally having arrived at Florence around 08:15, the rain and wind began. Of course.
Within the first 15 minutes of my mushroom hunting I was soaked to the skin except for my feet. As I was wading through the Scots Broom and grass, I was trying to keep my pants legs away from my legs to prevent my wet skin allowing water to dribble down into my boots.
I did pretty well for a couple of hours, but finally, they also filled with water and I was soaked.
75% of the mushrooms that I got were #2 or #3, though most of them were bug free, so certainly good enough to smoke or to dehydrate.
After I'd had enough time being soaked, I changed into my dry clothing (good thing that I packed for an overnight excursion!) and headed out. Looked for some cheap-ass slippers so that my feet could dry but didn't find anything that I was willing to buy, so I headed to the casino for lunch.
Walked in with $6 in my pocket. Paid for lunch with my card ($9.99) and left $1 for a tip. It was a pretty good lunch, actually. Much better than our prior experience there.
After lunch, while walking out, I just got a random idea to try the slots and came out with $37. Basically, they paid me $21 to have lunch. NICE!
Sunday we hit up my cousin's place to pick her mushrooms. We found a good amount of them, most being #2 or #3 again, and many with springtails on them, but those are easily brushed off.
Stopped at the North Spit as well, but it's been picked pretty clean (at least, my spots up there).
The drive home was... a little scary... the wind had picked up and the rain was constant and I REALLY need to replace my lower ball joints... *shudder*
It was a nice time, even if it was more wet than I like. Can't wait for those Frogg Toggs to come in...