Saturday, May 5, 2012

Dancing around the fuel pumps...

440 miles today.  We had a great tailwind as we drove north... until we turned west, and then got the nasty crosswind. Big Red does a fine job of keeping Wild Blue on the straight and narrow. It was an uneventful day, with the exception of me embarrassing Joan by dancing around the fuel pump when we got 14 mpg (thanks to the tailwind).

We passed the time by studying about Orca whales in the Salish Sea. This is info we need to know for our summer jobs... and very interesting. We would occasionally quiz each other, and Joan read a lot of it outloud; we never felt the need for the satellite radio today.

Before we left this morning, local TV reported 70+ mph straight line winds where we were last night. I believe it. While we were getting ready to roll, a woman drove by and said, "I thought it was kind of unusual to see a boat in an RV park last night. With all that rain, I think you were the smart ones."

Wink

We did see some damage from the wind as we drove north: billboards bent over, a few road signs down, an RV with the awning torn away, and another lying upside down. Shocked

Sunny and windy today. The day started with an absolutely spectacular morning, reasonably cool and low humidity... first we've seen that in a while. By mid-afternoon, it was back to 90º. We're down for the night in another small RV park; a 30 amp plug-in and cable TV... I think I'll be watching the weather a bit closer tonight (and not believe "In-Accuweather" Rolling Eyes ). 


We had a nice supper out and are settling in for the evening;  little Izzy is getting comfortable in Wild Blue again...



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