We awoke to the sound of raindrops drumming on the roof yesterday morning. Actually it was the second time the rain woke me. Around 3:30am, I was awakened by wind gusts, heavy rain and lightning.
That’s how our freaky Friday began. Yesterday was the only Friday the 13th on the 2014 calendar. It also happened to be a full moon. It was the first full moon on Friday the 13th in 95 years. It won’t happen again until 2049.
The weather kept us hunkered down indoors for most of the day. It rained off and on with brief periods of sunshine in between. I saw a guy in the park washing his motorhome. When it would start to rain, he would go inside. As soon as the sun came out, he was back at it. I took a walk and asked the guy if he knew it was going to rain every time he started his wash job. He said this was his first opportunity to wash since he left Florida – 2,200 miles ago. Rain or shine, he was determined to remove the road grime.
I’m planning to wash our coach, but I’ll wait for the weather to clear. The weather guessers are calling for rain showers or thunderstorms daily until Thursday. The temperatures will warm and the skies will clear then.
When I wash the coach, I’ll also polish the alloy wheels and replace the lug nut covers. I lost one of the covers on the rough road to Page, Arizona. Some of the covers are pitted and are starting to corrode. I ordered 40 new chrome plated stainless steel lug nut covers from Amazon. The nice thing with Amazon Prime (besides the free shipping) is that my credit card is linked to my Amazon account. When I place an order, it automatically looks up my credit card rewards statement and asks me if I want to pay for the order with rewards points! It’s like getting stuff for free.
I also ordered a tire pressure gauge. I check our tire pressures regularly. I keep hearing how wonderful the Accutire digital gauge is. It’s inexpensive, accurate, lightweight and doesn’t take much space. What more could I ask for? When it arrived with the lug nut covers on Thursday, I checked it against the analog dial gauge I’ve been using. They read within 2% of each other. Most people believe the accuracy of a digital readout – especially one with 0.5 increments. I don’t believe digital is inherently more accurate. But, this site had me believing the Accutire.
Around 5pm, the skies cleared once again. We had an opening in the weather with blue skies and sunshine. Donna and I walked down 13th Avenue SW to the Beacon Icehouse. This is a bar that looks like a real dive from the street. I’d stopped in the other day and knew it wasn’t a dive at all. The place is clean, well-kept and has some history. There’s a framed poster on the wall describing the original bar in the 1930s and all of the ownership changes and significant happenings since then. It was interesting to read the ups and downs of the bar that coincided with the local economy.
Stage set for karaoke at the Beacon Icehouse
View of Sun River from the deck of the Beacon Icehouse
When we returned to the coach, Donna made crab cakes for dinner and we ate outside, enjoying the sunshine.
The forecast calls for a high temperature of 58 today! I think I need to find a good book to read. I’m hoping the weather guessers have the next four days wrong.