Tuesday June 11th 2024

The rain arrived today, but so far it isn’t what I expected. It is coming in bands from the southwest. There was one short period of heavy rain this morning followed by a couple of hours of cloudy threatening sky. Around 2PM this afternoon the rain returned. It rained hard at the start and continued about four hours as light to medium rain. The sun actually made an appearance near sunset. This pattern, driven by a tropical development in the gulf, is expected to continue for the next two or three days.

Knowing that today was going to be filled with rain, I didn’t plan any outdoor activities. Instead I planned various shopping (read looking) tasks. I had the misfortune of being on the road when most of the heavy afternoon rain came down. It wasn’t terrible. I never had to run the wipers at full speed, but at times visibility was difficult. The rain also cooperated to the extent that it was only falling lightly when I had to go between my car and a store.

I was expecting heavy traffic this afternoon, but I didn’t find it to be as bad as expected. While people may have been staying in because of the rain, I think most of the difference is because the kids aren’t in school anymore. It was smooth sailing through some of the school zones that frustrated me back in April. Other areas that were usually backed up before were nowhere near as bad today.

I got one short walk in around my local area of the RV resort just before sunset. I didn’t want to take the chance of getting caught in a new rain shower. There are several drainage areas down the hill from my site that I wanted to view. They do not have any standing water in them yet. If the inches of rain forecast over the next few days happen, these collection areas may fill up.