From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   RustyHinge wrote:   
   > On 04/10/13 20:12, riburr wrote:   
   >> RustyHinge wrote:   
   >>> 5 *huge* ceps, without unwelcome tenants, growing under an oak on a   
   >>> trackside bank in South Norfolk - just over the border from Breckland.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Nice.  It's bone dry in my neck of the woods.  Hoping to get some   
   >> moisture from a tropical storm.  Now in the Gulf of Mexico, some   
   >> forecasts have it headed in my direction at the beginning of the week.   
   >   
   > We keep getting promised lots of rain, thunderstorms, etc, and have to   
   > make do mostly with a few spots of drizzle.   
   >   
   > Today was a case in point: took my umbrella to Norwich as a precaution,   
   > the forecast being very damp, and didn't have to open it. Possession of   
   > an umbrella is a powerful juju against rain...   
   >   
   > Cricket matches OTOH are the mycologist's best friend, for the evocation   
   > of the essence of Stonehenge or Callenish enacted by the circle of   
   > fielders, batsmen and umpires brings down the opprobrium of the skies if   
   > not in spades, then certainly in buckets.   
   >   
      
   Remnant of the tropical storm are now forecast to stay well to the south   
   of where I am.  Although forecast is for some moisture during the   
   beginning of the week, we could just as easily get cooler, drier air   
   pulled down from the north by the low.   
      
   US government shutdown has closed National Parks, including the   
   Shenandoah National Park just east of me.  This place usually draws tens   
   of thousands to see the autumn foliage colors.  Only a fraction of   
   leaf-peepers know they can travel a few miles west to the National   
   Forest (where the roads remain open) to see a color display every bit as   
   spectacular.   
      
   Campgrounds and off-road vehicle trails are posted, barricaded and   
   closed in the forest, but you can still camp in undeveloped areas; See:   
   http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7310/10059208056_595a9586e4_c.jpg   
      
      
      
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