Storms, Heat, no Electricity

Yesterday it got to 90 degrees and the humidity was stifling, for a while there I thought I was back in Houston.  We had storms last night as well as this morning.

I slept with the fan on since up until this morning we had not turned the air conditioner on for the season.  I heard a big bang and then the breeze from my fan ceased.  Yep, the transformer blew and we were left with no electricity.  It did not come back on for almost three hours.

Could not call it in or go online to report it as I would have to have power to do that, so I went back to sleep.  It got to 89 degrees so this afternoon the A/C officially came on.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.


Spurs Corner

I am so proud of my Spurs!  They have been playing so well :)

I am like a kid at a candy store watching all the different teams giving it all they got.  Some are disappointments but that's the playoffs.

Storms

Went to bed “early” last night…11:00 p.m. and woke up at 4:11 a.m.  Had been debating whether or not to leave today with rains in the forecast but decided I could not put it off any longer.

Stopped at Nora’s Tacos in Sabinal, Texas.  If you are a fan of “old school country music” this is the hometown of Johnny Rodriguez…remember him?  Ara recommended this taco stand a while back to his blog readers.  I try to stop by for breakfast when I pass through town.  Ordered a nopalito with egg as well as a ham and egg taco.  They were very tasty.

Gas in Del Rio was $3.31 a gallon.  Glad I waited to fill-up because I found it for $3.17 a gallon in San Antonio.

The cloudy skies made for a nice drive back home.  About 34 miles before Houston the skies got very dark and it started pouring.  Seriously considered getting off at Katy Mills Mall and waiting it out but I could not see the exit sign.  It was so bad I had to turn on my flashers for fear someone might hit me.  Other drivers did as well.

My front yard is not as bad as I thought it would be…but the backyard is a real jungle!  This observation is just from looking out my bedroom window bet it is even worst in person…I will know tomorrow.

Two hours later the storms reached my house, they were strong enough that I lost power for nearly an hour.  On the positive side it lowered the temperatures which will make it a little more bearable as I do not plan to turn on the A/C.  This will make good practice for when I move to Terlingua, of course they do not have to deal with the humidity.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

The Sage is Blooming

There is nothing more beautiful here in the desert of West Texas than when the sage blooms.  It is a glorious spectacle.

I was awaken to the sound of thunder along with a show of lighting around 2:11 a.m. The first thought that came to mind was the memorial weekend crowd camping at Lake Amistad.

Around noon I convinced my mother to go driving around with me to the different campgrounds with the excuse that I wanted to take pictures of the sage.

I was so surprised that there was absolutely NOBODY at the Spur 277 North or at San Pedro Campground, and only one RV at the secluded campground on highway 90 West which exact name eludes me at the moment. The only campground that had people was my favorite Governors Landing.

Made me wonder if last night storms drove them to hotels or if they even came at all.  Yesterday I treated mom to a strawberry sundae at Dairy Queen and there were a lot of tourists so hopefully they are still around.

When we got home Walter was waiting for us!  Gave him some water, which he promptly drank.  After we finished our Long John Silver’s special meal of two for $10.00 which I must way was quite tasty we went outside to take some pictures.  Walter had never seen my Mom before so I think he got spooked and quickly retreated to his corral even though I kept on calling him back.

Hopefully he grazed on plenty of grass before we got home and had a full tummy.

Billy Bob had to include a picture of your tree, look how much it has grown
since your last visit!



May you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.