Those of you in the Athens area, in Columbus, in D.C., and points between know exactly which storm I mean. The Storm blew in quickly, only lasted 10 or 15 minutes, and took out power to millions. The friends we were visiting actually live near Stewart, and the last I heard on Saturday, they were on Day 9 without electricity.
And thus our weekend turned into 48 rather hot hours with friends. It wasn't quite what we planned, but we made the best of it. They had a generator which they used to run the refrigerator, a chest freezer, the TV, a window unit A/C, and a power strip loaded with cell phone and computer chargers. They began by running the generator for two hours on followed by an hour off in the day time, but by necessity, the off periods grew as it became apparent it was going to be a LONG time before the electric was restored. Thankfully, we were able to take popsicle breaks and the weather was relatively comfortable on Saturday with temperatures in the low 90s and low humidity.
The kids also spent a ton of time playing in water.
They played in a kiddie pool and with water cannons.
But the best part had to be the kid wash, a contraption they built after discovering the plans in Family Fun magazine. The kids ran through it, and it sprayed water like an automatic car wash.
Ree was the first to get near it. She studied it...
...then bravely ran through.
Leon proudly exclaimed, "I'm doing it!" while running around the outside.
And he eventually ran through.
Michael choose to keep his distance the whole time.
And we thought once we headed home to Wilmington we would be able to sleep in the cool comfort of air conditioning again...
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