Joan said, "It would be horrible to have to drive in this mess everyday."
I replied, "Well, I would think the locals would know alternative routing to keep them out of this mess. But, if that were the case, there wouldn't be so many dumbass local drivers darting from lane to lane."
The weather was pretty pleasant until south of San Antonio, when Mother Nature opened up the skies and pounded us with rain. We drove through several cells after that - stuff that I damn sure wouldn't have flown into in my pilot days.
Joan pulled up weather... yep, flash flood watches in the area.
We made it to an RV park about an hour behind our intended arrival, but before the office closed. We had called ahead, and when she found out we were traveling with a boat as our "camper," the lady in the office said, "Well, nothing surprised me anymore, but you will be the first boat we've ever had."
We backed into our site, got Izzy settled in the boat, hooked up electric, then went out for a relaxing supper...
"Don't I get to come with you??"
The rain was really pounding again when we came back to the boat. Joan wasn't so sure we'd need an umbrella... "Um, we are heading to the Pacific Northwest."
On the bright side, the rain cooled things off enough that we didn't need the air conditioner in the boat for the evening. We saw temps fluctuating from the upper 80s to the mid-60s today... back and forth, up and down, as we drove in and out of the rain.
Little Izzy was a travel champ. She sat by me most of the day... it's true: petting a cat really does help lower your blood pressure. It was a long driving day, 400+ miles.
I checked hubs and tires each time we stopped - all is good. The truck got almost 13 miles per gallon on our last fill-up. There were some gusty winds around the storm cells, but light the rest of the time.
Making miles.
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Just curious. Did you drop the anchor in the RV park? :)
No need for the anchor, Dave - we are "softly" aground. ;-) The suspension on the trailer helps with that.
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