The rain started again last night around 7:00pm. But this time it didn’t stop after a couple hours! It rained hard all night and finally let up about eight this morning. Mike took the dogs for a nice long hike around the property here as he wanted them good and tired as he had a special day planned for me.
We left the dogs all tucked safely in the RV and headed for downtown San Antonio. Unfortunately we couldn't find a parking spot. We drove around and around for a long time. Since we have the car top carrier on the car we don’t fit into any of the parking garages. While we were still looking for a spot it started pouring! Mike had planned on taking me to lunch at one of the many outdoor restaurants on the boardwalk and then doing a walking tour of the very busy downtown area.
But we still couldn’t find a spot and it starting raining harder and harder – and then the thunder and lightening started. So we gave up and went back home. Poor Mike was so disappointed as he thought he'd planned something really nice for me. After we got back, I really wanted to go for a walk and the rain doesn’t bother me. But the lightening was only about a half mile away from us so we decided it would be better to wait a while. It continued ALL day. At one point we thought we hadn’t heard the thunder for a couple minutes so we decided to try to take a short walk. It was short indeed. We only made it about 50’ when another flash of lightening occurred and the thunder clapped loudly only about two seconds later. So we high tailed it back to the RV.
By dinner time the storm was still going on so we broke all the rules and let the dogs eat their dinner inside! Fortunately tonight was canned salmon night so it wasn’t a messy meal.
This isn’t Pacific Northwest drizzle – it’s a continuous downpour. They said on the TV that we’re in a Severe Thunderstorm Warning and a Flash Flood Warning. I always thought “flash flood” meant a sudden flood. Shoot it’s been raining really hard for 40 of the last 48 hours – how is a flood going to take any of us by surprise!
Fortunately, none of our dogs are scared of thunder. But this is a little overboard and Slugger does get worried when it is so loud that it literally shakes the RV. So instead of lying on his pillow like usual, he is plastered right next to Mike on the couch. With each loud thunder clap his eyes get really big and he pushes even harder into Mike. The girls don’t even open their eyes. Hopefully, Mike and I will be able to sleep as well as the girls!
Debbie
3/13/07
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