Originally Posted by
anvilhead 
ya know hon, you can pick the most beautiful place on the earth to go camping, get the best tent and gear available, research the area, and have all conditions indicate its just going to be spectacular. but then the rains start, and it rains heavy for three days straight, with gusty winds clipping at 30 mph. and suddenly all the planning in the world doesn't CHANGE the fact that the tarps are no longer defusing the rain, and the trenches dug to redirect the ponding water overflow, and it all becomes an ugly muddy soaked mess....and it's time to pull up stakes and head to drier ground.
life is like that. we can only battle or deny the CONDITIONS for so long before we have to take appropriate measures.
hang in there!
Sounds like camping in Ireland anvilhead. It's one of the worst/wettest summers here ever, and that's saying a lot as any of you that have been to Ireland will know.
Thank you so much - every word you say is true.
Adventure