Winter storm has touched down Houston

I woke up this morning aournd 5.30 am to sound of rain the roof, at first it didn't bother me and i enjoyed laying and listening to it hit the roof. I've always loved to listen to the rain hit the roof of our pop up .. although rain and camping are not a good combination. But hey, were not campers anymore.
We are full-timers!

I finally drug my butt out of bed and turned on the news to listen to the weather. Wow they have changed the forecast and it's not for the better! Now their predicting freezing rain, and sleet, which it is doing already! Plus a possibility of 6 - 10 " of snow with 30 mph winds and temps dropping later in the week to 2 degrees! That is cold!

I decided to go back to bed as my back is hurting from the weather. I drifted off back to sleep and then i was awaken by the sound of the power going off and it's freezing rain & sleeting. I decided i'd best get up and look outside because i hadn't did that yet. Wow, I wasn't expecting what i saw.

We had been watching this storm on the tv and this is not what their normal prediction was! Even though we know to be prepared and we are. We have a full tank of LP gas and fuel for the generator as well, we made sure that the motor home and tow vehicle both have full tanks of fuel just in case. I decided to wake hubby up to see what we should do. He got up and got dressed, and we had some decisions to make. 1. Do we start the generator and wait it out or 2. Do we head out while we can? Hubby went out and checked the roads and said that if we were going to get out safely now was it or we would be stuck for several days. After a short time of debating our options we decided that we should just pack up and move while we still could. The park we are in is isolated area and it's several miles from anywhere and with the weather predictions saying that the temps are going to drop to extremely dangerous temps. We decided to pack up quickily and head out. We figured we would be safer parked in the wal-mart parking lot then stranded out miles from no where! At least in the wal-mart parking lot we could get fuel for the genny and we could get propane for the furance, they have both! Hubby might have to walk, but it isn't a long walk .. hehe

Wow the roads sure were ice & snow packed already and we took it nice and slow but we made it safely and the motor home drove great in the bad weather. Once we got moved, hubby calls into work to explain why he isn't there yet, and he also wanted to see if they still need him to come in at all today with the bad weather. He also tells them that we are now parked in the Wal-mart parking lot. The boss tells him that they have electricity and a large parking lot, to come on over. So off we headed.

We got there but there was a problem! Where we have to park, we do not have enough cord. So we drive back over to the local wal-mart and purchased several cords needed. Wow those things are not cheap! We get back and get plugged in and i go to work on setting up our home and hubby goes to work. I'm now sitting and watching the snow fall as I'm warm and cozy inside at a nice 74 degrees! Not a pretty scenery looking at a building that looks like a smoke engine, but hey Houston, we have electric!

The wind is really blowing and every once in a bit it gust and gives Ms. Southwind a gentle rock, looks like i might get rocked to sleep when i take my nap .. hehe

It's so nice to be able to just pack up and take our home where we need to go. I love the RV lifestyle of having our home where ever we are parked.

After my nap, i called the park we were staying at to let them know that we had decided to leave this morning, but they already knew that. They had seen us leave and the host said it was good that we did, because they had to end up shutting the park down around noon and that they had locked the gate. The park is closed until further notice. Wow was that a smart decision or what? Can you imagine had we been locked inside for days with these frigid temps and no electricity ... WOW It is good to listen to your insticts!