Shifting Sands


I know, it's been awhile.  I can't really say why, except that life has been a bit busy and by the end of the day, I don't really have a lot to say.  


Today I was up in Cheyenne, helping Dave with a project that has to be done by end-of-day Thursday for the opening of Cheyenne Frontier Days.  I rode the motorcycle, which was lovely, though the drive home was rainy.  Not horrible, for the most part, but there was a section of the drive where the rain was so heavy I couldn't see more than about 100 yds. in front of me.  When I got off of the interstate, it was obvious that the campground had been hit by heavy rain as well.  As I pulled up along the RV I was confused.  My astroturf rug was all mussed and waterproof tub where I keep my charcoal was about 2' east of where I keep it.  After I parked the bike I turned around an faced the front of the RV and saw this...

Not only was the wood about 7" to the west of where it had been when I'd left, one 4" x 4" was off the stack and about 2' to the east of the stack.  Wild! 

I fixed the stack, tightened all of the jack stands and then went up to the office to ask about the storm.  Apparently, it rained sideways for about 20 minutes.  I'm guessing that the wind blew the box to the east and the torrent of rain loosened the area under the jack stand pile.  Dave said that the wood has probably shrunk and the stand was a bit loose, so it allowed it to slide with the rain.  Note to self, periodically check the jack stands for snug!