Hey Keys! Thanks for the welcome, and the 'heads up' on the lighting <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Yes, I was IN THAT hailstorm, IN my hammock!! I had'nt taken cover 10 minutes when it hit,HARD! It was so fierce that I estimated winds in excess of 40mph were swinging my hammock <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> I just hung on for the ride <img src="images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> I had thought it was hailing, but, hey, I'm in FLORIDA, I thought to myself <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Saturday and Sunday WERE nothing short of hellacious weatherwise out there. Heck, you must'va been watching the radar on TV that I was enduring in the bush <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> I kinda' like that raw weather though, it always seems more dramatic to me in the bush <img src="images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> And that ligthing storm that passed on Saturday night, WHOA NELLIE! I thought I was going to met my maker out there <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> During one of the storms my hammock fly was blown open, and I caught at least a gallon of water INSIDE. Using a chamois that I keep in the hammock to dry it off with in the morning; I mopped and rung for 20 minutes. Luckily I was wearing fleece to bed, as it rings dry easy. I stepped out after the storm passed, stripped, rung my clothes, and redressed, climbed in, slept well. For your note, over at the JD St PK, 100yds West of the 'Auto stop #10'sign, is a bald eagle nest w/ 2 fledglings in it <img src="images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> the nest is 300yds in on the S' side of the road, if you are heading towards the river <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />, top of a large pine, 6-8ft diameter. It's viewed from the road at a swale, near a large palmetto. Also, lots of Sandhill cranes wandering around with chicks thses days. I enjoy birding as a side to my work too. Catch up sometime, Gene