Crappy Easter!

No, I did not mean to say "Happy Easter" (although I do hope all of you had a wonderful one!). I said "Crappy Easter" because that's kind of what we had! And it was all because of this uber-crappy Northwest weather we've been having. We booked a couple of camping trips this month at Grayland, one of our favorite camping spots (and clamming spots) and so our first trip was this weekend. Everyone was excited - Grayland, yay! We left to cloudy gray weather on Saturday morning and by the time we arrived at Grayland it was a constant "mist" and windy. Well, that mist turned into torrential downpour, and the wind turned into something akin to a small tornado! I was fully expecting to start shouting "Auntie Em, Auntie Em" and see a wicked witch fly by the camper window. The camper rocked and swayed and flapped and shuddered all night long (read: no sleep). And the rain was amazing. Just a TON OF RAIN! I am so sick of it. We had a 3 gallon bucket outside the camper (for collecting clams) and it filled up overnight, Jeff dumped it and it filled again halfway before we left. Regardless, Jeff still felt compelled to go clamming. He spent a few hours in the horrible weather (the wind and rain was even worse on the beach) and came away with 24 clams (and possibly hypothermia?). It was just a lot of work for just over 24 hours of being away from home (and felt a LOT longer). The only cool thing was right after we arrived, I saw an eagle flying just above the treetops with an animal in it's talons (a rabbit? Or perhaps someone's pet chihuahua??). Of course, I wasn't able to get my camera out in time. But it was pretty amazing! Anyway, we came home and had nachos, grapes and chocolate chip cookies for Easter dinner (so traditional, huh?). Tomorrow we plan to "do Easter" with baskets and an egg hunt, plus freshly made clam chowder, after Arlie arrives home from Spokane. So, hopefully our crappy Easter will turn in to a happy Easter after all!