...Gay Houser was gracious enough to allow my equipment safe haven from the rain, but eventually this new computer battery went dead and the battery pack had already also died. I did bring two heavy duty battery packs but the other was back in my truck and not accessible so when we went down, we were down for the count. In the meantime, three dogs were lined up in holding blinds approaching 5 p.m. and #81 ran as the velocity of rain increased and visibility decreased. Numbers #82 and #83 were dismissed for the evening when the test was called for the night as rain began to hammer down in earnest.
Therefore, #82 will start things off in the morning at 7 a.m. after a scheduled 6:45 a.m. test dog. In all, 32 dogs remain to run this combined second and third series.
Rain is forecast throughout the rest of this night--there is also a chance of severe weather tonight--and rain continues tomorrow, with a 60% chance tonight and 70% chance tomorrow. Maybe we'll get lucky and it will slide below us...but that remains to be seen. The wind will remain fairly constant for this split test as it is not supposed to change direction until Wednesday.
"See" you in the morning...
