Sometime between 2 and 3 am this morning the righteous Texas weather kicked in again. The lightening got ridiculous for about 40 minutes, with driving rain. At first the thunder was mumbly rumbly, then by the last shot it cracked with such a snap we were certain it was right across the street from us.
By 5:30 am the rain was still coming down, creating deep puddles in the lot outside the room door. After breakfast, we decided to wait until daybreak to leave. The rain quit so we headed out. The wind was not too bad as we burned through the first 30 miles. The next 30 miles on Ranch Road # 334 (you know the one, right?) slowed us down because the road was super rough.
This area of Texas gets hilly, so the unusual amount of rainfall caused flooding all over. Water overruns river banks and roads easily, and the West Nueces ("new-aces") River runs down from the hilly sections and directly over Ranch Road #334. There was a predicted 9 foot rise in river level, which meant the road would close with enough time to get traffic out of the area before the rush of water overtook the road. We were able to get past this section of road before they closed it. We might have been stuck and forced to backtrack and loop around for several miles to get to Camp Wood. We rolled into town around 3 pm, ate an early dinner, made calls, did laundry and caught up on the blog.
Practicing Safe TV in Camp Wood, Texas
Later we watched Comedy Central in the room. Southpark, coming up at 9 pm, and we're stoked! Right at nine, the Comedy Central channel goes black with the message that a password was now required to turn the channel back on. What? Apparently the hotel management/owner decided that Southpark was too racy for guests, and we'd not be able to view it, even with the door closed, dead bolt thrown. I think of all the violence and absurdity on local news and wonder how any of that could harm a viewer less than Southpark.
over and out
1 comment:
just be safe, no need to kill yourselves to stay on schedule.
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