After a long drive from Greenville, we made it to the ferry and made a rainy crossing to Ocracoke Island. Another day of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Isaias followed but we still managed to walk the beach. Next day was sunny and the beach was practically deserted. Lots of beachcombing followed by a nice sunset.
Visiting friends here in Greenville before driving out to Ocracoke Island off the North Carolina coast (where Blackbeard plied his trade). Made a stop at the Conestee Nature Preserve, a beautiful wetlands park right in Greenville.
While enjoying a cup of java on the portal, a small prairie dog raced by followed by a bobcat who stopped and posed for me. I’m also including the last rainbow after all of our rain and a sky panorama from a rail trail bike ride.
This week has brought us the remains of Hurricane Polo (now a tropical depression) and another 2.5″ of rain to go with the 3″ we received last week. Lots of flooding around the state with more rain to come but so far, we’re just very muddy. Here’s a collection of rain shots from the last few weeks as well as a time lapse of Tschicoma Peak and the clouds racing below.
And a few videos of all the clouds that passed over last week and dropped 3 inches of rain.
More moisture has moved in finally and that means juicier clouds, rainbows and long awaited soaking rains. The Frijoles Fire flared up last week but should be getting smothered with the showers, thankfully.
We ventured up to Salida, CO for a short birthday expedition. The beautiful Arkansas River flows past downtown and there are lots of wonderful views of big mountains.
