I Don't Like Ike

Even though I was born in the Truman administration the first president I remember was Dwight Eisenhower. I remember the campaign slogan “I Like Ike”. There was a lot to like about Texas born Dwight Eisenhower, supreme commander of the European Theater Allied forces in WW II, humble, friend of the solder and American hero. He was a such a typical American apolitical career solder that when he was first encouraged to run for president he had to decide with which political party he would run. A great solder even though some consider him a mediocre President.

So why did they have to defame such a great man by naming a hurricane after him! I have just spent all morning boarding up my windows. And here I sit waiting for “IKE” to lay vengeance on me and my “Stuff”. I liked it better when they named hurricanes after women, there not Hissicanes ya, know.

Pray for all of us on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Garner State Park - HAIL STORM

A few weeks ago I was at Garner State Park enjoying myself. Late one evening just before I slipped in a DVD of "Lost", the second season, a park ranger knocked on my Travel Trailer door and said, "In about 20 minutes we are going to have storm that will include locally damaging winds up to 70 mph and a possibility of large hail."

So, what do you do? I punch play on the DVD player and watched the first episode. When the storm hit we started the seconded episode of "Lost". Ping, bam, ping, ping, bam. Soon we had a hole in the sky light over our bed. We put a plastic tub on the bed to catch the rain water and started episode three of "Lost". I slept on the couch and my wife slept on the dinette. (which makes into a bed.)

The next morning I went to the camp store, which has one of everything, and bought a roll of duct tape. Since I didn't have a ladder I did the repair from the inside.

What did I learn from this? Don't leave home without the duct tape.

Texas Bob

Snow Day

It's icy in Midland.

They are slipping and sliding on the streets of Laredo.

The Alamo in San Antonio is cover with snow.

When we will get to go home,

Only clouds really know.

Texas Bob (On the Road)

Wintry Mix - Odessa

Wintry Mix, that's what weather.com calls it. What it really is is cold. In West Texas it's often called as cold a well diggers clutamas maximus. The good news is that even during the great flood Odessa only got a half an inch, so the ice and snow so far has been held to a minimum.
Not everything is frozen. Last night I parked my pickup under a tree and the birds left their little gifts all over it. Have you ever tried to find a car wash when the outside temperature is 22 degrees F and the wind chill is 5?

Texas Bob (On the road)