October 28, 2020. Holiday Island, AR. Rain, Rain, Go Away.........

Not really. We have been rain-starved for most of the summer, after a pretty wet spring. The foliage popped out in time for our anticipated Easter weekend opening of the Play, but the Play was delayed by Covid until Memorial Day weekend. It was then that the rain seemed to go away. Instead of a wet September and early October, we had drought-like conditions.
And then, as the ladybug infestation seemed imminent, the temperatures dropped and so too came the rain. We did, and still do, have some fall colors, but the rain of the past week has knocked down much of the color and the rain, more than 5 inches so far, has really been welcome. We only have two performances remaining for the season, and both Friday and Saturday are forecast to be mild and dry. It looks like we will only have lost one performance this season to the weather and have managed to not have even a drop of rain during any of our Play performances this year. In our seven years here, that is a record.
Today has been the fifth day in a row with temperatures in the 40's or below, no sunshine and wet conditions. But, we have endured, as have our visitors, and we look forward to the weekend "heat wave" and the dry conditions anticipated. When we were asking for moisture a while back, we didn't know what we were in for. As always....be careful what you ask for....you may just get it.......in spades.

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