Plans change

 

It was a two-day trip.  One day to drive just north of San Antonio and one day back.  We were so careful not to pack a bunch of extra stuff.

 

Our location

 

Remember I said it rained the night before we left?  Five inches.  The park in front of our house was completely flooded.  We had to wade to the motorhome to get in it and drive away.  Well, it rained another five inches again last night.  Now the entire RV Park is flooded.  The roads to get to and from our park are covered by standing water.  More rain is forecast.  Oh, and there is a tropical storm in the gulf headed our way.

 

We always say that if a hurricane is coming, our house has wheels.  This isn’t a hurricane, but it is a significant enough rain event that we decided since our house with wheels is already on high ground, we probably ought to just leave it there and stay in it until the flooding in the Valley has receded.

 

But there is a problem with that.  To stay out, we need more stuff.  We didn’t even bring a change of clothes.  We didn’t bring our prescriptions.  We decided to drive back to the Valley today, get the stuff we need, and drive back here tomorrow, and stay out until the floodwaters have gone down.  We can drive through a little standing water; it’s a Jeep!  We got as far as San Antonio before we got the note that the County was about to let more water out of Edinburg Lake just south of our house.  The roads to and from our house are going to be impassible.  Time for a new plan.

 

We turned around.  Now we’re back in the motorhome in Bandera with groceries in the pantry and refrigerator.  Tomorrow we can go buy a change of clothes at Walmart.  Judy called Walgreens and they will provide new prescriptions in advance of us normally needing them.  Maybe we can go home next week.  Never know though; sometimes plans just have to change.