Rain was being called for... what's new, right? Dang, this surely has seemed to be an unusually wet winter this year! Maybe Greta is right, or maybe there is another explanation... Who can know? All the information we get is heavily skewed by 'advocates' of one position or the other, so how are we supposed to know?
Passive acceptance of explanations through 'political persuasion' seems a foolhardy way to seek ‘truth’ and a path towards making sound decisions and doing the right thing. I'm more than a little frustrated by how everything nowadays is 'weaponized' for political purposes, and... Oh well... We still must deal with rain no matter what the cause or long-term implications, so...
I stayed each night in Sulphur, LA, Victoria and Laredo, TX, with full awareness I might end up having to spend two or even three nights at any one of them... depending... We really lucked out, though, as the doom and gloom predictions didn't happen as projected, and we were able to press on. By arriving in Laredo when we did, we were able to let the little rain there pass over us during the night, so we could continue riding during the day!
I'd seriously considered remaining in Hattiesburg one more day to do laundry and to catch up on naps, writing about this adventure... and being downright lazy! Nope, Jim Cantore got my attention, and I chose not to take any chances. That proved to be a good call, as we did encounter a few drops now and then, and a smattering of wet patches on the road each of the following three days... but no actual rain to speak of!
In Victoria I thought about cutting more or less straight across to Del Rio... The forecast caused an abrupt abandonment of that possibility! Yep, there was ol' Jim again in front of an ominous looking weather map pointing out a big blob of dark green, orange, and red just over in Mexico that was headed straight for Del Rio, so... I took the safer option of heading down to Laredo after all... A bit of rain was called for there, too, but it was expected to pass during the wee hours of the early morning... it did! We'd successfully skirted around all that nasty stuff... that later produced tornados in central Tennessee...
The motel in Victoria we landed at was one I've stayed in before... Not a bad place at all... but perhaps its best feature is the Denny's Restaurant next door... All that day I'd been anticipating dinner… and a treat I haven't had in a while... Flapjacks! It's good to reward ourselves now and then, ya know...
are there any wells fargo banks Early the following morning, I hesitatingly pulled the curtain back just enough to allow a wee peek outside to see... ALL DRY! Eureka! Time to get it in gear and make haste in a hurry... wouldn't want to waste that! No, wait... better check the most current forecast... just in case... It was very promising... but if we didn't get going fairly soon, that window could slam shut on us!
By the time ALI was loaded and her partner had completed the three Ss, rush hour traffic had moderated and daylight had fully blossomed... so, her side-stand was put in the best position... Again, we did encounter one or two spritzels and a patch of wet pavement now and then, but nothing of any consequence... We'd been lucky so far, and one more good day held the promise of 'flanking' the multi-colored blob on Jim's weather map... and so it came to pass...
The following morning a brief pre-dawn sprinkle in Laredo had passed and everything had completely dried by the time we pulled away from the motel... The sun was even coming out, but... the wind was now seriously cranking! Out of the northwest, too... the direction we'd be heading all day! Weather is almost never perfect on any road trip anyway, so I surely ain't complaining here... In fact, I was quite pleased overall with the way everything had turned out!
We found our way to Del Rio... and to the same motel we'd stayed at last time there... It was here last month that I had learned of my good friend in Alabama having been referred to Hospice, and we'd reversed course... Baring something unanticipated, we'll at long last continue on westward this time... maybe…
DDT
