Weather: low 66 degrees, high 82 degrees, heavy rainfall early, windy
About 0500 hours this morning, a rainstorm with a monsoon type of rainfall struck the area. High winds, lightning, thunder, and hail hit, and based on my decidedly amateur guess, we received at least five inches of rain over about three hours. This was the heaviest rain we've seen since last year, and I imagine the area has caught up on their rainfall deficit. People were asked to stay off the roads as flash flood warnings were posted until about 1300 hours.
The flash flood warnings didn't keep us home, since we wanted to go to Bay City to see Lori and her family and pick up some mail. Also, there is a chance of rain tomorrow, so it might be worse. As it turned out, the roads were fine, even though it rained on us all the way to Bay City.
We had lunch at, where else, K-2, as we met Lori and her family there. The nachos were as good as ever. Most of our lunch was brought home in our cooler for supper, as we went over to Lori's house for a visit before coming back to the RV. Julian has less than three weeks of school left before he graduates high school. He wants to take some time off from school before starting college. His mom wants him to start college in the fall, so it'll be interesting to see what happens.
We started back to Victoria about mid-afternoon, and the weather was much better than what we drove in to Bay City. By the time we got home, it was time for some mediation. The rest of the day was spent resting and starting to think about where our next stop will be.
When we were in Goliad earlier this week, one of the things we saw was the Presidio La Bahia, a fort that the Spanish built in 1749 to protect Mission Espiritu Santo and the surrounding area. The fort is in surprisingly good condition, given it's age and the stress that the climate and weather places on structures.
When Colonel James Fannin and his men were captured at the Battle of Colet Creek, they were taken to the fort where Fannin thought they were going to be released. Instead, General Santa Anna ordered them to be put to death. As I wrote in an earlier post, 342 men were executed on Palm Sunday in 1836 by Santa Anna's troops. Their bodies were stripped, partially burned, and left unburied. About three months later, Texan soldiers pursuing the Mexican troops out of Texas found the remains of the executed soldiers and buried them near the fort.
The fort has been owned by the Catholic Church since 1853 and is currently operated by the Catholic Diocese of Victoria, Texas. During the mid-1960s, the fort was rebuilt to its 1836 appearance, based on documents and archeological evidence dating from the Texas Revolution. The chapel still serves as a community church. Presidio La BahÃa was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1967.
Have I said recently that I really dig learning about all this history we didn't know about?
That's about it from here today.
More later, be safe.
Today's Town - Findlay, Ohio: Flag City, USA
Not all who wander are lost.
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