Las Cruces

Wow, what a day! It started out with a phone call from my son John saying they would be coming to the lake over memorial Day weekend with David and all of the grand kids. This should be a fantastic weekend and an opportunity for everyone to hang out together. The next bit of good news was that the recent rains at home have now raised the lake level to over 311 feet. which is only about 4 feet below conservation level. When I called my neighbor Steve, and fishing partner, to talk about the lake level he told me that they had a real bad storm on Thursday evening with winds over 60 MPH. he said he would go to check our house later that morning and give me a report when I called again when we reached Las Cruces.

My second call to Steve revealed that we only had a few shingles torn from the roof of the house but to my surprise Steve had already replaced them. Checking the lake level after this phone call I discovered that the lake level was now over 312 feet and approaching 313 feet. They are also expecting more rain tonight so I will keep checking the lake level as we move to Arizona tomorrow. The bottom line to this lake level is that we can now move the boat to the boathouse when we return at the end of April.

It sounds like Corsicana, a nearby city, was flooded pretty bad, but they are getting back to normal today. We will drive to Tucson tomorrow, 275 mile trip, and then a short 143 mile trip to Surprise on Sunday. Tippy and I went to an early dinner at Lorenzo's and had a terrific meal again. We even brought home a small pizza and our dinner leftovers that will take care of us tomorrow as well. More from Tucson tomorrow, maybe with pictures, so be safe.