On Thursday I hoped to follow the same general outline of Tuesday and start my vacation: 11 days for spring break. An e-mail received 10 minutes before I left work delayed all plans until I could address the issue at hand. I got a text and shortly after a phone call from Layla saying she was not going to be able to make it due to inclement weather. At that point I relayed that I would not likely make it either due to the issue at hand. A few rushed meetings/conference calls did allow me to get out of work. It was about an hour later than planned but I thought I could still make it for the planned meeting time for the planned 2nd run. It poured as I drove up hwy 181 and the rain got even heavier as I got closer to Avery county/Newland. JC called and said the Doppler showed a lot of precipitation. There was a weather advisory going off on the radio, and all the creeks close to Newland were bankfull. Of course I suggested the Doe to both Johnny Calhoun and Take out Dave but no one was interested in that. I decided to turn around and check out Gragg/Wilson Creek. Unfortunately the creek below the Roseboro Rd golf course did not look promsing and I didnt have to drive far down Roseboro Rd to see there was not much water in the ditches. I turned around again, drove back down Hwy 181 and onto Wilson Creek which never got higher than -7 in the hour I waited for it to come up. Skunked! Feast or famine
