Rain: Too much of a good thing

Remember that rain I told you about yesterday. Well, it turned into a monsoon overnight.

What we woke up to this morning. Lake Traveler's World

During our travels we’ve encountered numerous weather challenges, like our trip last winter to Florida, our Kentucky snow and tornado warning, the gale winds in Ludington, but the gully washer we had last night was pretty incredible here in San Antonio.

Several lines of thunderstorms moved through the area during the middle of the night dumping several inches of rain and leaving the trailer half high and dry, but the road in and out of our space underwater.

Both of us were awakened by the cracks of thunder, the flashes of lightning and the sound of the rain pounding on the trailer. With the potential for a tornado Joan asked me what we should do or where we would go before we went to bed

Well, without a basement or other viable option I suggested we pray.

My plans to go work out this morning in the recreation center were swept away in the flood and I just hunkered down in the trailer waiting for the water to dry up or absorb into the ground. Gone with the wind today was the Internet so we spent the morning without it.

The view out our dinette window.

We tuned into the Weather Channel this morning and watched for any possible repeats.

The evening news was filled with stories of damage and a tornado touchdown, but folks here are pretty happy to get the significant rain as they were facing some severe water restrictions if they didn’t get rain soon.

Most of the rain had dried up this afternoon in the park, except for a couple low spots where fifth wheels and trailers were still surrounded by about 4-inches of water.

Tonight the aquifer report showed that more than a half of foot had been added to the local aquifer from the recent rains with more water still filtering down with expectations that it would increase by tomorrow.

We pretty much hung around the house today, but we did take a quick break so Joan could get her nails done and I could get the car fueled. When we arrived home we did our daily trip around the park noting license plates from many states and provinces in Canada. More on that later.

Joan cooked a dinner of hot dogs and salad and we are settled in to watch some Detroit Red Wings versus Montreal Canadiens hockey on Versus tonight.