Mother Nature. Not hail, but a strong pounding thunderstorm that lasted a couple hours, starting just after midnight. Rufus went back and forth between us during that time, looking for assurance that we were OK. Well, for full disclosure, I did check the wall/roof joint to make sure we didn't have a leak. And, Joan got up 3 times to look over the whole interior, including inside the upper cabinets. All good.
Needless to say, it wasn't the most restful night. More precip forecast for today, and then it is supposed to be dry until after we leave to head for home.
Plenty to do to get ready for the road before we go, but most of it needs to be done closer to departure. I'm hoping we'll get one more ride in tomorrow, then the scoots will get strapped down... and other stuff packed around them for the trip. As usual, we have accumulated a few things this trip out; fortunately, Joan is a real pro at packing for the road.
One task that takes a while: checking and airing up all the tires in our circus train. The small air compressor we have takes a while to get the motorhome tires up to 80 pounds (the 4 rear tires, the two front ones are 75 psi). Right before we go, I'll bring up the pressure on the air bags on the rear axle.
All our patio stuff is wet from the rain overnight; but it will dry before it gets packed away.
We are "into the process."
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Hurricane Nicholas (yes, it ramped up to a Cat 1 hurricane) has moved on from our home area, not much of an impact for us. Further north, that isn't the case. It made landfall in the Matagorda County area as a hurricane and is now back down to a Tropical Storm; dumping rain as much as 18" in eastern Texas and Louisiana.
This puts us about 2/3 of the way through hurricane season.
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