The wind blew hard last night and most of the day. Constant wind speeds were 25-30 mph with 35-40 mph gusts. Kathy saw on the news that 60 mph gusts were recorded near here. Today's high temperature was 87 degrees.
Yesterday I mentioned working at the Cowboy Church, with the temperatures in the 80's. Below is a photo of Manny adding some sealant around the edges of the gable end we closed up. Note his black, long sleeve shirt. Also note the pictures on the wall. The reason for the new wall is that they have a small school at the church. Turns out the boys and girls have been passing notes, etc. back and forth over the 8' high wall. They will now have to be more creative.
The pictures on the wall.
A guy has been working on the roof of a house just outside the campground. I took the photo below through one of the coach windows this morning. It was 74 degrees and the guy was wearing a black jacket. The last time I saw him on the roof was 10:15, so he got off before it was to hot.
Kathy went to Walmart this morning while I waited for the propane guys. The propane guy was supposed to come yesterday but I missed their phone call verifying that we were home. Our gage still read 3/8 of a tank but, since the guys come through the campground, we thought we would go ahead and get the tank topped off here. 15.3 gallons, $64.24 ($4.20/gal). Our onboard tank will hold 28-29 gallons if it is completely empty. When I called and they told me $4.20/gal I did a little thinking about the price. Blue Rhino, who sells a lot of exchange 20# tanks, admits that they only put 15# in the tanks. 15# is 3.54 gal. Seems to be the their tank exchange price is up around $18 now, or over $5/gal.
We last filled the tank November 27, before we left, so our average daily propane cost has been $0.70. Most of the propane we have burned has been for cooking. If the temperature is 35 or above our heat pumps keep the temperatures up fine. There were 3 nights before we left when the temperatures were below freezing and 3 January nights down here with below freezing temperatures.
After we got the groceries unloaded we went to Golden Corral for lunch.
This afternoon both of us went over and spent time working on a puzzle, and listening to the Jam Session musicians. It was the last Jam Session for this season, Winter Texans are starting to head home. Later, when the wind had died down a little, I got in a 5.3 mile bike ride. Riding with the wind was fun, riding against it was TOUGH. That puts me at 13.6 miles for the week. A far cry from what I rode last week.
God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours. He has certainly blessed me.
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