Wild weather!!

[hillbillyhotel]

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AS WE ALL HAVE DEALT WITH SOME WILD WEATHER OVER THE PAST YRS, FROM RAIN TO STORMS TO DROUGHT,HEAT AND SO ON, I JUST THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE A THREAD SO WE ALL CAN SHARE WHAT IT HAPPENING IN OUR LITTLE PART OF OUR OWN WORLD.

SINCE MON, WE HAVE HAD OVER 5 INCH OF RAIN AND AND 1 TO 2 MORE INCH THUR BEFORE IT TURNS TO HEAVY WET SNOW, WITH UP TO 8 -12 INCHS BY MIDNITE THUR. IN THE MOUNTAINS,
LETS JUST SAY ALL THE STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE WAY UP. IF SOMEONE DOWN ON THE GULFCOAST COULD PLZ SHUT THE VALVE OFF , WE SAY UNCLE NOW!!:new_cussi

 

[scrubjaysnest-TMO]

And here in Fl it is just hot and dry

 

[countrygirl32082]

Hot and dry with lots of Pollen........we need some rain or snow cause everything is starting to bud.

 

[B_and_D]

We've had some really cold nights here, 23.7 on Monday night, way colder than the 27.3 low last January, and the days have been around 50 (but this is CA, so we're spoiled). We spent 6 nights in Pismo last week and it was way colder than our two previous January trips; just getting from the TM to the hot tub at night was torturous, we were at the very back of the RV park and it was a long way to run in flip flops and bathing suits in the cold! We had to run the ceramic heater all night long. We've had more rain this winter than usual, but it's been dry for over a week and supposed to reach the mid 60's over the weekend! It poured one night at Pismo, kept me awake in the TM for a few hours with it beating on the roof. People here are talking about "one bucket" vs. "two bucket" windshield frost removal methods of hot water poured onto their windshields in the morning....one bucket just adds more frost, the second bucket is supposed to remove it. Luckily, my car is in the garage so I don't have to worry about that.

BTW the big news around Santa Cruz today is that Maverick's surf contest is going off this weekend, I think it starts on Sunday. We've had a couple of weekends of "king tides" where it gets really high and really low. We love walking on the beach at low tide. Every time we go to Pismo we drive on the beach at least once because we can't believe that you can still legally do that here in CA. We were standing on the beach one evening watching the sunset and talking about having the benefit of bringing our 4 x 4 truck along with the TM, and that we couldn't bring our Prius to the beach, when just seconds later a light green Prius drove past us on the beach.

 

[Bluegrass]

How cold is it in Utah?

It's so cold that the gun rights and gun control advocates can't even get a heated discussion started.

It's so cold here that only little boys with names like Al or Ed are writing their names in the snow.

It's so cold here that the flashers are only describing themselves.

That's how cold it is. :new_Eyecr

Keith

 

[scrubjaysnest-TMO]

Didn't get any rain from that bad weather that went trough Tn; but the temps are better. It was 80 before lunch and finally dropped to the mid 60's where it should be.

 

[hillbillyhotel]

todays rainbow

happened to walk outside after a rain shower today to see this,
thought i would share

 

[TrailManorMan]

3.5 inches of rain Thursday nite to Friday AM no leaks but lots of mud in campground!

 

[Beak12]

We are not traveling by TM THIS year. Amtrak and car. Sitting outside in Springfield Il. 88 here beautiful.

John

 

[scrubjaysnest-TMO]

We aren't traveling this year either. Been setting up the new fish camp. 94.3 deg and high humidity. Have the new just installed ac running in the TM.

 

[hillbillyhotel]

spring in dec.

wow high was 72 today, in dec.
then the weather gets here over the next couple days,
but i did catch one of the !@#$ cat's(fancy) enjoying the day in my mulch :new_cussi

 

[MT Camper]

Cold Front

The cold front hit Montana hard. 3 - 4 inches of snow first of week and today was minus 7 for the high and tonight will be minus 27 and about the same for tomorrow. It is cold and not expected to be above zero till at least Monday. Camping is just a dream at this point, so many months to wait. Ah well this to shall pass (in about 5 months).

 

[Tampajohn]

North of Dallas and hunkered down at Lake Tawakoni Thousand Trails. It is raining heavily and they expect icy conditions. Staying here two more days and heading to Lake Whitney for a couple days hoping to miss the next storm. Trying to get through Texas heading west. What am I thinking, I live in Florida, but want to get to the Rose Bowl.

 

[hillbillyhotel]

john
you should be able to take your time getting to the left coast
, the way i see it, sat will be a day of upsets ,
duke will beat florida st.
mich. st. upsets the ohio st,
and missouri beats the others tigers (sorry rebcat)
so it will be bama vs missouri for nat championship,,
and we win powerball sat night, what a weekend:new_Eyecr

 

[scrubjaysnest-TMO]

North of Dallas and hunkered down at Lake Tawakoni Thousand Trails. It is raining heavily and they expect icy conditions. Staying here two more days and heading to Lake Whitney for a couple days hoping to miss the next storm. Trying to get through Texas heading west. What am I thinking, I live in Florida, but want to get to the Rose Bowl.

We're in Vicksburg, MS headed to FT Worth in the am. Unless the tires are frozen to the pavement. Real light sprinkles through MS today. From Laurel(lunch stop) MS to Vicksburg the temps dropped 40 degrees.
We like Lk Tawakoni SP. Left the TM home as Rocky Creek at LK Benbrooke is closed until April.

 

[ChillEDog]

North of Dallas and hunkered down at Lake Tawakoni Thousand Trails. It is raining heavily and they expect icy conditions. Staying here two more days and heading to Lake Whitney for a couple days hoping to miss the next storm. Trying to get through Texas heading west. What am I thinking, I live in Florida, but want to get to the Rose Bowl.

You are hardy that's for sure.

We were at Lake Whitney over Thanksgiving. Lots of deer. Good for bike riding (flat roads). Full hookup sites have no lakeview but other loops have great lake views.

 

[Redtail cruiser]

The next cold front is coming thru So Cal tonight. Forecast for San Diego (& Pasadena) is for mid to upper 30's lows and upper 40's highs through Sunday.
It's suppose to warm back up next week with low 60's highs

By the time you get here John, the weather should be great. My folks use to stay at the Thousand Trails in both Palm Desert and Wilderness Lakes. They liked both parks but, come to think of it, that was 25 years ago..

 

[Tampajohn]

You guys are funny and great. Anyway, we are hoping to get out of here tomorrow and head to Lake Whitney. Dogs like the time here, they get our full attention, but really spoiled. Running low on bologna, so got to get to Walmart tomorrow. Did try something new. Put up a blanket between the bathroom door open and other end attached to the wardrobe and put space heater on the bed side of the TM. Kept the heat in on the bed side all night. Did not turn on the furnace, just used electric blanket and space heater which kept us quite cozy all night. Got down to 22 last night. Today, I moved space heater on other side and it is keeping the living area warmer with less heat needed. That is what happens when you have nothing else to do. We do have the satellite dish going. Going back to Harry Bosch, Michael Connelly series of books. My favorite.

 

[scrubjaysnest-TMO]

You guys are funny and great. Anyway, we are hoping to get out of here tomorrow and head to Lake Whitney. Dogs like the time here, they get our full attention, but really spoiled. Running low on bologna, so got to get to Walmart tomorrow. Did try something new. Put up a blanket between the bathroom door open and other end attached to the wardrobe and put space heater on the bed side of the TM. Kept the heat in on the bed side all night. Did not turn on the furnace, just used electric blanket and space heater which kept us quite cozy all night. Got down to 22 last night. Today, I moved space heater on other side and it is keeping the living area warmer with less heat needed. That is what happens when you have nothing else to do. We do have the satellite dish going. Going back to Harry Bosch, Michael Connelly series of books. My favorite.

From the turn off on I-20, by Terrell, to where you were camped at John it took us 4 1/2 hours to get to Ft Worth. Usually do the trip in an hour. Only went broad side once; After that I put the truck in four wheel drive and that stopped the back end from trying to trade places with the front end. Bridges and over passes were the worse where you had a 4 inch build up and maybe a 1/2 inch of ice in the rut bottom. The sand they put down turned to frozen mud. Saw a lot of vehicles in the guard rails and ditches. Also saw 18 wheelers in the middle of the interstate not moving, just the drive wheels spinning. They are saying it will be Monday at the earliest before it clears up.

 

[Tampajohn]

We made it late afternoon around 4 pm. Over 4 hours from Thousand Trails Lake Tawakoni to Thousand Trails Lake Whitney. Nail bitter some of the way and stopped in the middle of interstate once due to accident in front of us. 136 miles. WE stopped at Walmart in Hillsboro and are settled and rested. Tomorrow we leave for Monahan Sandhill State Park. Hope roads are ok. We have reservations for a couple days there.