What A Night

In addition to a Tornado Watch last night there was also a Flash Flood Warning. We didn’t hear of any tornados touching down but we did experience the flash flood. From midnight until 2:00am we got almost six inches of rain! I have truly never imagined that much rain could fall from the sky in such a short amount of time. That much rain hitting an RV is LOUD! And if that wasn’t enough, there were very strong winds and definitely the loudest thunder we’ve ever heard. It truly was so loud that it literally shook the RV. None of us got much sleep last night. But fortunately we are located above the river so we didn’t have to worry about actually getting flooded.

When we (finally) got up it was a nice looking day. I think I told you that this place wasn’t much. We are really out in nothingness. No matter which way you look you just see empty fields.

Here is the entire RV parking area.



These are the only RV spots at this park. Needless to say, Mike really wasn’t impressed with my ability to find us a place to stay.

However, after we got up and around and he took the kids on their morning walk he changed his tune a bit. The property here is over a hundred acres and has a river running through it.



There is a very small dirt road that goes in and around the entire property.



There are lots of trees and maybe a hundred campsites. They are very spread out – each spot is probably at least a half acre.



They are just campsites – no water, electric, etc. Just for tents – which the dogs may be okay with but just not quite our style anymore. We did that a long time ago and it was great but not anymore.

Anyway, I guess it isn’t the season as there is no one down there at all. If there had been they would have been rained out for sure! It’s good for us as it is a great place for the girls to run around to their hearts content. Slugger could swim in the river if he wanted but for the very first time ever he is showing no interest in going in the water. Makes sense to me as the water just looks like mud. Mike says it’s just because of the all the rain.

After their morning hike, Mike took off to visit the Alamo. Remember The Alamo? I sure hope so as I've been trying for two days to get Mike to write a little something about it but he says everyone knows about the Alamo. So no write-up. Just some pictures.











While he was gone Wazzu and I took a nice little walk around the river. Okay, so Wazzu also took a walk in the river.



There was a very old bridge at the river that was not safe to even walk on and didn't even go all the way to other side. It really wasn't good for anything....except to take a picture of.



There was no one around so Wazzu was off leash the entire time. She might as well have been on leash as she never went more than five or ten feet away from me. She was really keeping an especially close eye on me. Other than hundreds of birds we heard everywhere, we were all alone. It was very pleasant and we really enjoyed the time to just be together all alone in the forest on a very nice day with no reason to rush. It was so peaceful.

Debbie
3/12/07