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| Rainy day at McDonald's. Henderson, Nevada. September 2013. Credit: Mzuriana. |
It rained yesterday late afternoon. It began while I was in the McDonald's parking lot readying for a lesson with one of my students. I'm a succubus of McDonald's wifi.
I wondered if it also rained at the campground.
Yes, it did.
And the shower seemed to have drawn out a delicious aroma from one of the prolific plants at the campground. The creosote bushes, best I can tell.
I believe these are said creosote bushes in the foreground of the photo below. I trust that someone will inform me if I'm incorrect.
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| Creosote bushes in foreground. View from Las Vegas Bay Campground after rain. Nevada. September 2023. Credit: Mzuriana. |
One camper family had, like me, not known rain was coming, and they'd foregone their tent's rainfly.
I might have done the same - both here and at a previous campground - but my tent almost demands the installation of its rainfly, else one side of the tent would be virtually backless - all screen.
So the little family returned to rain-sodden sleeping bags and mattress.
Other than puddles on my tent foyer, I was in good shape.
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| My rainy tent foyer in Las Vegas Bay Campground, Nevada. September 2023. Credit: Mzuri. |
I am reminded of my camping experience at Lake Catherine in Arkansas, when I dug a water-diversion trench around my tent's perimeter.
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