Cold Weather

Bay City, Texas

Weather: low 36 degrees, high 58 degrees, cloudy, windy

The only good thing about the cold weather in this area is that we're not getting the snow and ice that states north and east of us are getting. About midnight, we started having rain showers pass through, and when we woke, the temperature was about 58 degrees. It started falling from that point, and at the time that I'm writing this post at about 2030 hours, it has fallen to 36 degrees, with winds of about 15 mph. By morning, we expect a low around 20 degrees with a high tomorrow of about 36 degrees. Is there any place that's warm?

I had a couple of chores to do today on the truck. It was time to have the front end alignment checked, especially since I have a new set of tires on the truck. As much as tires cost, it made sense to check the alignment. It's a good thing I did, because both tires were toed in. When the shop was finished, I was driving away and noticed that the orientation of the steering wheel was not centered as it usually is. In fact, I would estimate that it was off about 15 degrees. Back I went to the shop, where it took them another 45 minutes to get everything right.

The next stop was at the post office to pick up our mail which had been forwarded to us by our forwarding service in Livingston, Texas. I was surprised by how much mail was in the package, even though it had only been about ten days since we last received mail. None of the mail was of enough importance to be a concern, which is just the way we like it.

The WalMart Mall was the next stop, where I had the truck serviced. This little errand was part of the preparations for getting ready to leave here in the next few days. Maybe we'll find some warmer weather.

Carolyn gets the cooking urge when the weather is cold like this, and today was a day for hot soup and other goodies. We'll enjoy the soup again tomorrow. Maybe I can persuade her to bake some cookies.

More later, be safe.

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