Tuesday, January 19, 2010

We tricked the weatherman!

Unseasonably bad weather seemed to follow us as we progressed from the Kansas City area to Branson to Livingston to Rockport to San Antonio to where we are now in Kerrville in the Texas Hill Country. We do know that we picked a great first winter to be away from the Kansas City area since that area got hit pretty hard nor would we have wanted to be in central Iowa where Bob's family lives because they got hit even harder. If the snow and cold was not bad enough now they are dealing with freezing dense fog that causes black ice in some spots.

So we know that we were fortunate for the 20-40 degree improvement but we did get a little tired of talking with fellow campers at each place we were at who said that the have been coming to this area for years and this is the absolute worst that they have seen. We got tired of record or near record lows for the area. But the worst part is that the weather for a time always seemed better where we came from than where we currently were.

As you know we planned to leave Kerrville yesterday on January 18th and continue our trek towards Phoenix. We had asked to extend our stay but the extension was from a week to a months stay and sites along the river were not available. Last weekend we asked just how long we could extend and found out it was for 5 nights so we jumped at the chance. The weatherman thinking that we were heading to Phoenix gave them highs only in the 50's, Phoenix was in the 70's while all the rest of us were dealing with record lows, plus there is rain in the forecast every day this week. Contrast that to Kerrville where we will be enjoying highs in the 70's and sun for the rest of our stay.

We know that eventually the weatherman will find us but for now it sure was good to pull one over on him.

Till next time,

Bob & Jo

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