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Pocohontas State Park

Guy and I decided we had to have one more camping trip before the season ended. Problem was that I was currently out of vacation days for the year as I was banking the balance I had to use for his upcoming surgery and the Christmas season and it is a lot of work to pack up and travel just for one night so we had decided we were done for the year UNTIL........A lightbulb went off and we decided to check our what state parks were within an hour or less of my office.  Our thinking was that Guy (and Riley) could drive the camper down to the Richmond area on a Thursday and set it up, I could come down after work, spend the night and then go to work on Friday, return to the campsite after work and we would stay through the weekend.  It was perfect!  Research showed us that there are actually several within an hour of my office and so we decided we would be stay at Pocohontas State Park, in Chesterfield, only 35 minutes from work.What we didn't plan on was the rain, and there was plenty of it.  It had rained for the two days leading up to the trip but the forecast was that on Thursday it was suppose to clear out so we decided to go ahead with our plans.  Nature had other plans though and it did clear out but instead came back with a vengeance on Friday and poured buckets throughout the day and night and then on and off all day Saturday.  Instead of going home we decided to just make the best of it so we hung out in the camper, watched movies (tank goodness for the DVD player) and ventured out around the park to see what we could see in between the showers.Overall we had fun together and that is what is important. With all the rain it was very hard to get a real feeling of the park since everything was soaking wet but we will definitely take a weekend next year for another try.Since it was so wet I wasn't able to use the camera(s) very much but did get a few shots in between the raindropsOur wet and soggy campsite: