Sunday August 25th 2024

Weekend days are no different than week days to me, but I did sleep in again today. The forecast called for rain in a similar fashion to yesterday. Today I got caught on the road when the storm arrived around 4PM.

I was in Kissimmee once again looking for the shoes I’ve searched for off and on all summer. It is getting to the point where the need is greater than the procrastination. I still didn’t make a purchase, but did find a few more places to shop. Unfortunately, I was a long way from home when the very heavy rain began. Complicating things was the heavy traffic I was also caught in. Visibility was not very good.

Adding to the tension driving home in the rain was a warning message on the dashboard. The diagnostic came on to indicate that the driver side rear tire was low on air pressure. It was 31 or 32 pounds when I last looked. The message center was reporting it to be 27 pounds in the middle of the rain storm. As I drove home it went down more to 26. Clearly I had damaged the tire in some way.

It was a slow leak, so I got home OK. After sitting in the car until the rain let up a little I made it inside my RV home. Once the rain ended I checked the tire and found the head of a screw, nail or something on the surface of the tire. Tomorrow morning I did out the compressor and fill the tire with air. There are a couple of tire sales places less than two miles away. Hopefully, they can put a plug in it. I really don’t want to buy a new tire. This one only has 10,000 miles on it.

This afternoon’s rain was heavy and long. The retention ponds at the RV resort have more water tonight. Only a couple of birds had returned. The others were probably still taking refuge from the rain.