Daily Archives: January 9, 2011
And the rain came . . . and the wind blew . . .
Well, today certainly got off to really rough start.
Rough, as in 60mph + winds and rain so heavy you couldn’t see out the window.
About 4am the cold front rolled in, and I thought the wind was going to roll the coach over. This was the worst storm we’ve ever been in since we started living in the coach. And it pretty raged until about 10am.
When Jan got up, she said she was glad to find the the bay water right where she left it…in the bay, and not up over the banks.
The weather map shows what it looked like, with us right in the middle of this mess. And ever worse, it wasn’t moving. It just sat there right on top of us.
The wind was gusting so hard it was trying to suck the vent covers off the roof fans. They kept jumping up and down. And as you can see in the photo below, the neighbor’s sat dish bit the dust…er, grass, too.
And the whitecaps were really something, too. We’ve never seen the bay this rough.
This photo from about a month ago shows the bird feeder being blown about. Well, this morning the feeder blew off the pole completely and ended up about 30 feet away.
After surviving the storm we left the rig about 10:15 heading up to Friendswood to meet all our kids at the Texas Tea Room. We really like this place and let Chris and Linda check it out too, since they’re the only ones who hadn’t tried it.
Here’s Brandi with Landon showing off his new shirt. Now we’re gonna have to decide if he’s going to play for OU or Alabama when he grows up. And then, of course, he’ll play for the Steeler’s like my uncle, Tom Calvin.
After lunch Jan when back to Brandi and Lowell’s to Landon-sit while they went to the movie. They saw ‘True Grit’ and really like it. Which is pretty much what everyone seems to be saying.
I went back to the rig and worked a number of different projects getting us ready to travel in a month or so.
Lowell called about 4 to say they were home so I headed up that way. Coming home, since it was after 5pm, we decided to stop for supper at King Food for some Chicken in Hot Garlic Sauce, XXXXX Spicy with Jalapenos. Hmm, hmm, Good. I can always tell when a dish is hot enough when my nose starts running and the top of my head starts sweating.
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Thought for the Day:
If at first you don’t succeed….then destroy all evidence you ever tried………..or just change your definition of success.
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