Oct. 29, 2009

From near Garrison, Texas.
Last night the washer went off when it got to the dry cycle, so our clean clothes are hanging all around to dry. Starting yesterday evening it got warmer and very muggy.
Before noon I got up on the roof and swept the leaves and water off the big slide awning. I now see why following American Coaches advise to lower the front of the coach to let the water run off doesn’t work. There is a rafter that makes a ridge down the length of the awning and two side rafters that divide the awning into three segments. There is no way the center section will drain by lowering either end of the coach. I’m going to post this problem on the American Coach Yahoo group and see how others handle the problem. I put in the big slide and after checking the hose reel without seeing any easy fix, I closed the other rooms before the rain started in earnest. I put in a call to Glendenning Marine customer support but had to leave a message. When they called back they wer short of advise on what to do. The tech said he would check around the Houston and San Antonio areas for someone to check it out. By 5:00 PM he hadn’t called back. I guess I’ll wrap the shore cord around the flag stand above the hitch and tow bar and secure it for travel until we can get it fixed. The list grows.
The forecast was for five to eight inches of rain today. All afternoon it has been coming down in waves. Slacken and then pour, slacken then pour, repeat.
After a lunch made up of Sloppy Joes made from the left over chicken we played Chicken Foot. JoNell kept the winning in the family, she won the first game. Gerri won the second.
The rain slowed down about 5 PM, by then we had 3.03” of rain. The thunder continued and by 5:30 it was raining pretty hard again. Herb has a weather warning radio and the keep giving warning that severe thunder storms capable of producing tornados are in the Carthage area. That’s about twenty miles away but the storms seem to be moving NE.
Supper was salad, home made chili and cornbread with cheese and mild chili peppers cooked in. After diner it was more dominos. We played a game of Chicken Foot, which Gerri won, and then switched to Mexican Train. Glenna won the first game and Gerri the second. I never saw the Perleys get such high scores.
We plan to leave in the morning after breakfast. As we used to say in West Virginy, “ Lord willin’ and the crick don’t rise.” Where we are parked is asphalt but there is a stretch of grass I have to back over to get to the road.
It is raining again as I type this. When I last looked at the rain gauge it read 4.21” for the day. We go through Lufkin tomorrow and they got 5” today.