March Madness

 

This has been a crazy time since we came back to Grapevine and the Vineyards.

 

On Wednesday we were sitting  the front of the Flying Scotsman watching the waterfowl on what's left of Lake Grapevine and this dude or dudette trotted by at about 3pm, apparently also interested in the waterfowl on Lake Grapevine ... maybe a little different interest though.

 



 

Then the rain began. It was a pounding 30 degree rain ... and oh, by the way, the propane delivery that we had ordered Monday arrived at 5pm on Wednesday. There was a 25mph wind and the propane guy and I were in the mud under the bus trying to free the frozen and now broken cap to the propane inlet ... the finest in RV life, and now we have gas!

The rain and wind still howled until about 2am when the 22 degree night took over and we ended up with about 4.5 inches of snow according to the weather folks in Dallas. Our rooftop weather station ceased to function when it was frozen solid and covered in a blanket of snow.

The next morning was a spectacular winter wonderland! For the 5th of March this was a show to remember. There was absolutely perfect quiet ... no planes or cars and no tracks in front of the RV.

The previous evening's ice storm under the new snow really made for some cool pictures in the 24 degree morning air.

And there were even some mature angels out there doing things reminiscent of younger days where we both grew up.

I didn't react quick enough but there were even some kids going down the slope in front our site on a plastic camp table ... time to improvise with whatever piece of flat stuff might be in the RV to enjoy this short-lived winter wonderland.

All in all one of the most spectacular March events we have witnessed in Texas in a long time and today was the perfect 34 degree clear blue of photographer's dreams ...