RVing With a Purpose

Alabama Weather – Again

Thursday, June 28, 2018

It started off hot again today. By the time we did our morning 3 miles it was already in the upper 80’s. But like they say: “If you don’t like the weather, wait a few minutes and it will change.” Okay, that hasn’t been true the last few days but today was different. This afternoon we went back into our old “weather mode” with radar on the TV and NWS weather chat on the computer. There was no real damage around us but we read about a good bit of damage in other counties. When we saw the gust front approaching on the radar we did pull in the windward slides.

The good part for us was that the temperature dropped over 20 degrees in a very short period. And that made our evening walk MUCH nicer.

Temperature before the rain. The sensor was in the shade but getting reflected heat from the concrete driveway.

Still Here and Still Boring

Wednesday. June 27, 2018

We decided it was time to let you know we are still alive. We just haven’t wanted to bore you every day.

It is still really hot in Tuscaloosa. Last night at 8:00 we were ready to go for our evening 3 miles and looked and it was still 92 degrees with 100 degree heat index. We did walk outside but quickly decided it was just too hot for a serious walk. We strolled around a bit but just couldn’t bring ourselves to do another 3 miles. We try to do 15 minute miles so even tonight when it was a cooler 89, it was a sweaty 45 minute walk. Tonight took a little longer because before heading back to the house, we stopped at Cookout for a couple of shakes. We tried a Snickers shake for the first time tonight and it was really good. We will be buying that one again.

You know we haven’t been doing anything interesting when we show you a picture of a freezer defrosting. The rest of the past three days we were cleaning out some cabinets, refrigerator and doing a lot of accounting. That’s about it. Hopefully things will improve soon.

4G

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Yesterday and today were both very hot and dry. We watched yesterday’s stormy weather to the north, but only got a slight drizzle here.

About the only thing of even the least bit of interest we did yesterday was make blueberry pancakes and top them with our homemade honey-blueberry syrup. The rest of the day was spent trying to stay cool and working on estate paperwork.

Today, however, we enjoyed a very good contemporary service at Forest Lake UMC, which is about a block away. The sermon was based on Act 8:26-40 and was entitled “Lay Mission.” It reminded us that we are all ministers and that we should practice our ministry all week long. We noticed the permanent graphics above the stage “Gather, Grow, Go, Give” and how well the message reflected those instructions.

After the service we drove back to Deerlick Creek Campground and looked around again. Then we tried to stay cool and worked on some accounting stuff. Oh, we did walk three miles this morning and another three miles this evening.

Alabama Weather Day

Friday, June 22, 2018

While a tornado was hitting north Alabama, this is what we saw.

A cloudy day today, and cooler. We had a couple of tiny showers but no significant rain here in Tuscaloosa. We had a gorgeous sunset which may have been enhanced by the large storm clouds up in Cullman County (where Anne worked). There was another tornado in northern Cullman County shortly before sunset, with at least 3 injuries, one being an infant, confirmed so far. Those 3 were from a mobile home that was totally destroyed. One of our good EMA friends lives across the road from the trailer but she and her husband are fine. She said that the wind became strong and out of nowhere debris started hitting her house and she and her husband knew immediately what was happening and rushed to the basement. When she came out, her neighbor’s house was gone. Search and rescue are going door to door and trying to clear roads. We are praying that no more injuries are discovered. This was a strange storm in that it was a lone storm with almost no lightning and a short track.

This morning we had no appointments so we were able to do our three mile walk and have a relaxed breakfast. A treat to have a more relaxed start to the day. We then got to work on more estate business of transferring to a new property management firm. It’s a lot of work but we feel it is the right thing for us to do at this time. We did take time to cut the watermelon we bought yesterday. It is so good. Of course, we ate way to much! More work and then we got another 3 mile walk this afternoon. A shower had come through and the temperature dropped a little, with a nice breeze. A good walk and glad we are getting back to more exercise. 6 miles and over 11,000 steps. A good day. Hope everyone has a great weekend and stays safe!