Leaving the Inks State Park with the ground a little wet, I thought the weather up North would be better. I drove to find Meridian State Park -- a more primitive park. I picked a site with no water or electricity because it was cheap. I asked 
a group of five rangers how the weather
will be. All of them said "struggle." One ranger mentioned
that last night it had rained three inches. So I hoped things wouldn't
get too serious. I put the tarp on top of the tent, went to bed at
9:00 P.M. and woke up at 11:00 P.M. because of bright lightning.
I looked outside with the flashlight and saw -- my God -- it was pouring
like hell. So far, there was no leaking until about 3:00 A.M.
There was much lightning, hard rain, thunderstorms, and wind, so I hold
onto the tent when the water started to crawl in. Good thing I had
a rubber foam "waterproof" mattress and rubber container with my clothes
on top of the container. One real strong bolt of lightning and thunderstorm
made me scared because I feared the lightning might hit the tree that could
fall and hit my motorcycle. Nothing happened. I went to bed
again and kept my body cuddled up away from touching the water on the floor
of the tent. At 7:00 A.M. I checked outside and found the rain
had stopped so I had better get busy to pack things away. Of course,
I folded the wet tent and put it on the top of the container on the trailer.
I had left the dish pail outside last night and saw it was full of water,
which told me at least 6 inches of rain had fallen. What a huge experience
I had! Then I went off, going to Dallas. The rain started again
and I noticed some floods beside the road. One area I had to cross
a one-foot flood, but thankfully it was only 40 feet long. Finally
I found the Motel 6 to rest on Sunday; most of the stores were closed.
I watched TV and it was reported some roads were closed due to flash floods.
On June 5 in the A.M. I did some errands and changed oil on motorcycle. Ready to leave Texas at last ..... smile. Now I am in Texarkana, which is the state line border of Texas and Arkansas. I am at the Texarkana Public Library to peek at the web page. Going to
Hope, Arkansas, where the Stone Deaf Organization
Today is
very nice and breezy -- 80 degrees.
|